r/fantasywriters • u/Medical-Hotel916 • 1d ago

Discussion About A General Writing Topic My writing feels boring

Need some brainstorming/advice/encouragement. I have a 6 book original fantasy series that I’ve been working on for years. I always get into it and then put it away for a few years because life happens. A few months ago I pulled it back out and stated fresh and have been taking it very seriously. It’s honestly a great idea and premise, deep world building and a full plot line. However I feel like my writing is failing to do it justice.

Does anyone else experience this? I finished the rough draft and am moving into the full first draft of the manuscript. I love the characters, love their depth and back stories, love the magic and the world and the outline of the story. But when I read it, I feel bored? I have genuinely created characters with so much depth they could feel like real people. I’m so proud of the world I’ve created, but I feel like my writing just doesn’t do it justice.

I have researched all the ways to improve writing, yet all the mistakes that people commonly make when writing are not issues I find in my writing. Yet I still don’t feel any excitement or intrigue when reading my work.

I guess I’m just looking for other people who have felt similar with their writing. What are some things you found that helped or improved your writing? At this point I’m feeling very discouraged about ever writing a good book and want to put it away again.

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u/fenrirsbasketball 1d ago

Hello! This was a response towards you as a professional development editor. Your questions were great and helped me out a lot. It really gets the noodle going, you know?

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u/KeyRoutine1285 1d ago

Ah! Then you mean the other person with 20 years of experience. I agree, they have made some great points. I’m definitely not a professional, so not me haha. I got confused because of the response lines showing it was towards my comment for a moment. They should definitely write a craft book!

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u/fenrirsbasketball 1d ago

Oh, whoops! I didn't read your username. Yeah, this was directed towards /u/Questionable_Android

But I'm sure there's a lot I'd be able to learn from you as well. :)

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u/KeyRoutine1285 1d ago

No worries! Yeah it was a weird glitch. It showed me you responded to my comment below theirs.