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help with extreme case of writers block
PostPosted: Sun Jul 11, 2004 4:31 pm
by HwaRang777
hey everyone!
I have a huge question/favor to ask you guys. I have this repetitive problem where I get hyped up about writing new parts for my stories, but once I turn on the PC I just don't feel like it. What should I do about this. I know that my organizational skills have to do something with it but I don't know how to make an outline for a story. Plus I'm considering just writing random scenes and then from there drag them into their places and then writing in between, is that a good idea?
PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 4:58 pm
by greyscale42
Just do it. I have that problem too. You just have to do it.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:33 pm
by Ducky
When I get that problem I generally talk to a friend about the story in question and we come up with the most off the wall ideas we can for the characters, mostly being as mean to the characters as possible. By the end of it just thinking about the characters and the various directions it could go helps, that or I work on something else and take a break from it.
PostPosted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:59 pm
by Mangafanatic
I'm a bit of a writer myself, and I have alot of trouble with this. What I've learned to do is just do it. When you sit down and you suddenly don't feel like writting, make youself. Even of you just write one sentence. That's how I get through difficult passages-- one sentence at a time.
PostPosted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:15 pm
by ally-san
that sounds like a good idea. i hate when u get a block. i get artist's block. sometimes i dont feel like drawing for weeks. cure:i try to find something that inspires me like going out for a walk, watching a new movie,etc. do the things u enjoy the most and u'll feel the urge to write again! good luck!
PostPosted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:57 pm
by Ssjjvash
I read on a website about writing that the key to getting rid of writer's block was knowing first that there is no such thing as writer's block. It said it was all in your head.
Um, I have yet to prove that as true...
*sigh*
PostPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:09 pm
by Scribs
Dont turn on your computer at all!
get a legal pad and write it there.
If that dosn't help get your Girlfriend/Wife/Mother/Elderly-nextdoor-neighbor to type as you dictate, works every time
PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:18 pm
by Godly Paladin
When I get writer's block, my solution is to simply force myself. After a few minutes I get back into the groove...you just have to hop the wall so you can sprint. (I also find that music and stuff really just distracts you in the end...) Good luck on your writing!
PostPosted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:07 pm
by Scribs
Godly Paladin wrote:When I get writer's block, my solution is to simply force myself. After a few minutes I get back into the groove...you just have to hop the wall so you can sprint. (I also find that music and stuff really just distracts you in the end...) Good luck on your writing!
That mostly sounds good to me but I find that Music keeps me going, rather than distracting me.
BTW: HwaRang777 posted this thread almost a year ago, I hope he has gotten past his wrighters block by now.
PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:16 am
by Godly Paladin
piloswine wrote:That mostly sounds good to me but I find that Music keeps me going, rather than distracting me.
BTW: HwaRang777 posted this thread almost a year ago, I hope he has gotten past his wrighters block by now.
Sometimes music helps me...sometimes. If it's the right genre for the scene I'm writing.
As to the date... The date on the initial post by HwaRang reads 2004... Am I missing something?
PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:51 pm
by Scribs
Well would you look at that.
I seem to have looked at his
Join date and not the
post date
oops, well it looks like it was only a month
PostPosted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 3:54 pm
by Ssjjvash
Godly Paladin wrote:Sometimes music helps me...sometimes. If it's the right genre for the scene I'm writing.
Yeah, same here.
PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:32 pm
by Godly Paladin
Ssjjvash, what tunes do you listen to? Any recommendations?