Moving Forward...?

I've probably mentioned this before, but getting a story started is the hardest thing for me as a writer. I feel like I have so many ideas, so many things I want to get down on paper or pounded out on the computer, but it doesn't mean anything if it doesn't have a beginning... I've taken my novel and started it countless times and always, every time, I get partway into it and feel like that route isn't the one that is best. My dear husband has been so kind, and sat me down one day to work through ideas. We talked about different directions the story could go, what characters want and what their motives are, how characters would react to different situations, where they could go, who they could interact with... It was something that I really, really needed. Sometimes I think of an idea and trap myself in that idea, as if I can't come up with anything else. Hearing the ideas processed through someone else was a great way to get them away from me, so I was able to see flaws or compare good ideas to mediocre ones.

My husband has been making tons of progress on his story. He is also one of the best people I could ask for when it comes to talking about story ideas and plots. He's the kind of writer who plans out his storyline for multiple books, and then a week later tells me he scrapped the storyline because it doesn't make sense to send his characters here or there and let me tell you all the reasons why....... It's a very logical way of looking at the plotlines. I'm more of the creative one, the person who feeds the plot details and descriptions. We sort of are involved in each other's writing, because we are good at such different parts of writing.

I hope that this time we are able to move forward-- both of us. There are lots of great ideas on the table, and I'm grateful that I have someone to help me with my writing. There's no reason to write alone, people! Find someone who can write with you, and help each other!