An interesting read, and great idea for a thread.
I find that I have similar issues in terms of trying to avoid repetition, and the effort involved in referring to characters without resorting to 'Mary did this, Mary felt that...' all the time.
I rarely have problems coming up with a basic concept or scenario: in fact I must have dreamed up hundreds of different ones over the years, most of which are unlikely to be realised in writing.
One reason that I have only recently started writing and posting here is that in the past I found the creative act of writing up the scenario to the standard I am happy with
simply too exhausting; consequently I would often start something but never finish it and then move on to the next thing without finishing it either.
Even now, I tend to post relatively short chapters because I find that I run out of steam fairly quickly and have to post then sit back to recharge my batteries. I still have the ideas brimming over but the execution: things like basic sentence construction; and the challenge of finding different ways of describing a sex-fight without it sounding too repetitive are all things I find I toil over at times. I wouldn't say I'm a perfectionist, but I still find the finished product contains clunky sentences and cliched descriptions that I am not always sure how to improve.
I was lucky enough to get great positive feedback early on from some of the exceptional writers and regular posters on the board, and this has encouraged me to continue writing despite such occasional misgivings. There's also a certain thrill in realising that your work is potentially being read and appreciated by dozens of people who share the same or similar interests. I do write for personal pleasure: the situations are fantasies that I enjoy exploring: even if they are far-fetched that is the nature of the genre.
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