Frustrated with writing.

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I know I'm not the first person on here to have this problem. I like writing fiction. There are times where it is extremely enjoyable. On top of that, I consider myself a fairly decent writer. I have several ideas in my head that I think would make great stories. However, when I try to put these ideas to paper, more than often than not, sooner or later they just end up sounding bad or at the very least just not very good. At times it can become extremely frustrating, even depressing. Has anybody here experienced this same problem? If you have, do you know of any solutions that I could use?

Similar problem. I'd written and published four books of fiction and placed them on Amazon. For my fifth book, since I couldn't come up with any cement fictional ideas, or ideas worth making a book of, I decided to try my hand on non-fiction. Writing it was fun, too, since everything was drawn from real life and I was spared the expense of coming up with new, believable characters, settings, etc. In a sense, everything was already in place for me. All I had to do was write them down. It took me a month to write that book, afterwards, I got to thinking about fiction again and wrote my 2nd novel. That took me three months.

tl:dr - The takeaway? Venture away from fiction for a while till your fiction muse comes along again.

I've had that problem of having a great idea in my head, then having it look terrible on the computer screen. I think everyone who's ever written fiction knows that experience. All I can suggest is, finish the first draft of the project, then look at how it comes across. If it's still terrible by your estimation, then don't be afraid to deviate from the original idea, and mold it into something new.

To be a writer doesn't mean that you always have plenty of ideas. There are so many ideas available online. You can brainstorm or use mind-mapping techniques in order to extend your ideas. Don't be afraid to check the samples on the net. But don't copy them. Good luck!