/lit/ - Literature

>>9525445
I had the same problem of not being able to start my story.
The trick is to just forget about the beginning and write the rest.
Then you can go back and write the first few chapters with all the necessary foreshadowing and characterisation that you realised that you needed by writing the rest of the book.

>>9486667
To fight the crushing depression brought on by the knowledge that my country is on the fast track to being an unrecognisable shit-hole.
The nation in my story is also on the same track. It helps me deal with the emotions if I fictionalise what's actually happening in real life.