User blog comment:DarkLordofStuff/Umbrella Maker's Block 2/@comment-24196478-20140802191324

For starters, instead of restarting on a new series when you're not satisfied, revise. Change your old one to how you want it and correct yourself based on your past mistakes. I know you did that in the past but if that keeps up it's pretty hard to be satisfied as times change. A couple of small revisions can really add up.

What Exo said makes sense too: don't try to build a story based on your characters; have characters based on your story. If you have a nice concept in your head then think of characters that would flow and easily translate into such criteria.

If you don't know what characters to use, it doesn't hurt to do a little research, or even ask around for ideas. A lot of things I put in KC don't even come from me, but rather from family members I asked to see what their thoughts were. Getting other's comment's and criticisms are a big help for knowing what you're good at and what can be fixed.

As for the story, the first thing you should do is build yourself some nice solid starting points from which you can build onto. Think about things like "who should the enemy be" or "where can the story take place" and "what's the problem". From there, you can start thinking about which characters fit where, the events that build up to your main point, and so on and so on.

I'm not sure how much this'll help, it's just a couple of stuff that I've done with KC when it comes to the story. It's tough at times, but definitely not impossible.