Any guides for writing a story?

[PanOfSteel]

I was wondering if you guys have any recommendations to actually putting pen to paper when writing a story, because I've been gestating a story ideas in my head for YEARS, but I hardly ever write any of them down.

[cyndaquirl]

you could make a diagram of important plot events/characters all in a web/chain so then you can formulate the story without actually writing stuff. and then later you could flesh it out piece by piece. personally i think making diagrams is fun and doesnt feel like work, and to me actually sitting down and writing something would feel like work lol

[puffin]

Hi. Writing guy here.

Honestly, the advice that helped me the most is that you shouldn't feel pressured to start at the beginning. I would often spend too much time thinking about how a story should start instead of actually writing. Sometimes it it easier to start somewhere in the middle and go from there.