Tying Up Loose Ends

[Rachel S]

Hello. I'm Rachel and I just joined. I've been pretty quiet but have been reading all of your posts. I've been constantly daydreaming for years. Usually my DDs last for a few months and then I get new ones.

 

Anyway, lately I've been trying to stop but simply refusing to let my mind go there made me unhappy. Instead, what I've been trying to do is "complete" my character's life, solving her problems, making amends with other characters etc so that the story can't go anywhere. It's made me less inclined to want to daydream about her. However, after having this DD for about two months or so I think I was probably due a new one anyway. At least if I constantly have new daydreams I will be too busy to be homesick for a life that I don't have. A life that is in my head. Whereas if I'd just had the same daydream for a long period of time I start to get upset that I can't step into it and live my life there.

 

Has anyone else tried doing this? Tying up loose ends to finish your DD? Does it work?

 

I hope this made sense. Sorry if it was a bit mirky.

 

Rach

[Rachel S]

Hi Laila.

I know what you mean. I'm finding myself starting to do that too. I'm just trying to get into the habit of fixing things as quickly as possible so that I feel satisfied with the DD then I can go to sleep or whatever. It's sort of working at the minute but I've only been trying it for about a week.

I thing the side of me that loves to daydream is the side that throws up problems for the character so that the dd can continue. But the side that doesn't want to daydream is the side that tries to quickly fix everything. Internet battle, haha!

[Laila]

Hi Rachel! That's interesting but pretty much impossible with me, lol. My characters are cursed to live forever. Every time I fix their problems, or they die, their lives simply start all over again from a specific point, only, there are slight alterations in each life. I either give them a new set of problems or tweak the old stories. Sometimes, I let them retain memories of their previous lives, as if they're aware of the curse. It's just never ending. xD