I think this may actually be a tintype. I'm not too knowledgeable about these, and I was wondering if anyone could help me estimate a more specific time this might be from based on the clothing?
In all my time writing, I always feel like my plots end up weak or unfinished. I've never actually finished a book because of that, despite writing hundreds of pages about my characters. I have ideas, I have fleshed out characters and in depth internal character arcs and the motivation to write, but no matter what I do it never feels like I have enough content to work with to create actual scenes to write about.
Although this doesn't happen when I write short stories or scripts with very simple premises (especially in comedy), so maybe I just need more practice. I follow story structures, I make sure there are clear motivators and everything everyone always tells you is needed to write a book. But then when it comes to actually thinking of scenes that move the plot forward, I can't think of anything!
Does anyone have any advice or suggestions?
EDIT: I believe what I struggle with most is specifically coming up with conflict.
These past few months I've been feeling like my best friend has been drifting apart and replacing me. I guess it's best to just let things happen and move on, but I guess I'd like some advice.
I've had a best friend for awhile now, and she's really my first best friend I've had in several years. I'm an autistic history nerd in high school, and don't find too many likeminded people. Yes, I'm friendly with everyone, but there's no one else I properly get along with like her. Slowly more friends were added to our group, and she got along instantly with one of them. So we're five people now, which means the other four always pair up without me. Again, I'm used to being on my own, so it's not out of the ordinary. When it's just me and her it has always felt perfectly fine. But lately I feel like they've been excluding me— not on purpose, I'm sure, but I guess we just don't click anymore. They have a groupchat without me and instead of us texting constantly like we used to, they text in that groupchat. Unless I invite myself along they generally don't ask if I want to join them. They'll save seats for all of them in a crowded lunch room except for me. She's started doing things that have always been mine and her thing with them and not inviting me. And these last few weeks she tends to just be on her phone watching videos or texting the group chat when it's just me and her hanging out (i.e. during a free period).
I know it's just the way things go, I know. And I know it's nothing I did— I'm confident in myself and know I did nothing to initiate a dislike of me. I've spent years without any good friends, and had hope I'd make a good friend at least for the remainder of high school. So going back to that is just kind of disheartening. I get lonely, having no one to talk to. It's not that my friend won't listen— I can just tell that she's making herself do it, unlike when we used to enjoy it.
I do wonder if maybe having a concrete activity to do would get us talking properly again— it's not like she's purposefully avoiding me. There's a film project soon in which people usually pair up (I always do them alone), and I'm thinking of asking her to do it with me, even though she always does them with the others. Is that the correct choice?