So this is like the first time I’m trying to plan my story/novel instead of just kind of going straight in on vibes alone. This is because I kept trying to write it that way and kept having to stop. But I’ve never done this before so I don’t know the best way to do it.
I have a lot of things roughly laid out… it’s all an unfinished sketch both in my head and in a document. I made a map on this map-making website (it’s not fully detailed because I didn’t want to spend hours on a map so I just stopped once it matched the vibes).
I don’t know whether or not I should start writing. I came into this with this feeling of what I wanted to write, but every time I try to write or plan it just doesn’t match that feeling I had. But I think we’re getting closer the more I plan. With some of my past projects, they kind of took over once I started writing and seemed to have a mind of their own.
I just feel like I’ll be in the planning/second-guessing myself stage forever. Perhaps it would be better to leap into it with the current plan and an open mind, and change things if need be as I go? I don’t know. I need advice lol.
You could start by writing out a scene or scenes that must happen in the story. Then add in or refine the scenes in between. I’ve also read about people writing from the ending to the beginning.