Frustration

I'm trying to flesh out the plot outline for my novel, and utterly stuck. Every idea seems either too contrived, too vapid, or too autobiographical.

I hate coming up with the concept. It is by far the worst part of writing, for me. I wish someone would hand me a plot and say "here, write this!"

Lack of a workable plot is why I have never made it past page 40 in any of the books I have tried to write.

Today I really feel like giving up, and I haven't even started yet.