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cleolinda

Rx for Writer's Block

Jul 24, 2006 11:48

I ended up writing a bit last night about fighting writer's block--adapted in part from my response to a comment on the previous entry. So, you know, if it helps you, rock on ( Read more... )

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deepfishy July 24 2006, 17:24:07 UTC

Wow...you just took all the writing tips I have filed messily in the workspace of my head, and laid them out in neat rows. Is it all right if I point people here?

And Narrative Sketchy is *exactly* what I do when I write my "Zero-th Draft" (so sketchy it's not even first draft). So glad I'm not the only one!

cleolinda July 24 2006, 17:39:26 UTC

Hey, go for it. : )

bibliotech July 24 2006, 17:47:38 UTC

Reading this reminds me why I should never be allowed to give anyone advice on writing, ever--I'd want to say something like this, but it would come out as "Just don't suck, stop complaining, and write something, you big baby."

cleolinda July 24 2006, 17:56:19 UTC

You wouldn't have written a book to that effect by any chance, would you?

bibliotech July 24 2006, 18:54:37 UTC

Like anyone would be able to stop crying long enough to print it!

farasha July 24 2006, 18:05:42 UTC

I would totally buy that book.

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t4_flirt July 24 2006, 17:51:20 UTC

Oh, Cleo, you are my hero right now.

I have needed something like this for so long.
I have been suffering from an incurable case of writer's block that has been dragging on for well over a year now. I would write, and end up trashing it. Nothing was ever good enough.

Then last night, something changed. And this morning, I finally wrote something worth keeping. Read it if you'd like(and of course, you can linkspam it as well. lol).
http://t4-flirt.livejournal.com/65656.html

Oh, and this is kinda off subject, but do you(or anyone) by chance, remember the html coding for linking to a LJ user? I'm having a brain fart right now and can't remember it. :-P

cleolinda July 24 2006, 17:56:54 UTC

lj user=name, in pointy brackets. : )

t4_flirt July 24 2006, 18:18:47 UTC

thanks!

t4_flirt July 24 2006, 18:39:29 UTC

Testing:

cleolinda

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redcoast July 24 2006, 17:53:18 UTC

Hey, we were just talking about that!

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word_herder July 24 2006, 17:58:18 UTC

Can I snag this icon? It totally rocks! I will credit whoever made it.

redcoast July 24 2006, 17:59:17 UTC

That would be me. It's in the name of the file, so snag away!

word_herder July 24 2006, 18:02:08 UTC

Cool! Thank you.

(And won't hotlink it either because that is EVIL.)

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justjayj July 24 2006, 17:54:53 UTC

Hey! Someone else who uses the brackets! Mine tend to range anywhere from "[Name]" to "[And here's Sophie's letter, which I really don't want to write right now. But it's about ferrets.]"

I am in the horrible habit of polishing as I draft, which makes me a slooooooow writer. On the bright side, revision is a little less painful.