: Re: Thinking of a story for the past 10 years as an inexperienced writer, what should I do? What should I do about a story that has been in uneducated development for the past ten years? Should

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I come from a similar situation as yours. I guess I understand what you are going through.
From my experience...

You read few great fantasy series and loved to put yourself in those characters and role played few of them (in your own world aka mind, at least). You have a great concept to build the story on (Research students in general love to explore a concept and dive deeper into it). You dream in your created world few times. I'd say,

Don't worry about professional reviews. Keep writing. Let it be read by unprofessional people who will see your plot, world, and characters.
Keep Writing. Make a group of people who likes your story. Break your story into small chapters. Release them to the group and collect their reviews every week. You will push yourself to write more if people start showing more interest in your work and wait for more.
Keep 1 hour a day to write and 2 hrs on weekends. Edit only once, the day before your weekly release is best.
Create more groups.
Forget the chronological order for now. Forget 3 and 4 books for now. Write book 1.
All graduate students have other passions and hobbies too. Some dance, some drink, some sleep. Make this yours.
Read for a week and not write. Do this once in 5 weeks. It will change your perspective and writing style.
Everything else goes later. YOU WILL PUBLISH.

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