[Suzerain of Sheol]

In the past few years, I seem to have developed an affinity for planning stories over actually writing them. At the moment, I have three different novels outlined in detail, I just... have no motivation to work on them. I'm six chapters into one, have a very rough full draft on another, and the third hasn't had a word written for it yet.

It seems like the older I get, the more difficult writing becomes for me. Granted, looking back, I can see definite improvement, but for some reason, it comes with a decreased desire to actually write. I suppose I'm just harder on myself now than when I was younger. I can't just let the ideas flow, I have to sit and tinker with each sentence until it's perfect.

I don't know if that was me you mentioned, Quiet, but the book I'm six chapters into at the moment I've written completely twice (with major alterations to the story each time) and I've made similar efforts, getting five or six chapters into a new version I think three other times. So, this is my... sixth draft at the moment. I've been developing the story since I was 9 or so (21 now) and while I finally have an idea of how I want to end up, I'm still not any closer to actually finishing it.

I'm a fairly linear writer, I don't jump around too much, though I have scenes from way later on in my various stories written out, only because they've struck me so powerfully I've had to write them without context, just so I don't forget them. I also take extensive notes, since I always seem to daydream about what happens later on than focus on what needs to written here and now in the story.

I took Creative Writing twice in High School, and twice in college (I actually have to leave for that in an hour), but I haven't learned anything from those classes. The environment is far too casual and the teachers/professors have always preferred to "explore creativity" than offer any useful criticism or advice.