If i'm plot/structure blocked. I just sit and write something, anything, around my general idea.
If I'm word blocked, I write out the things I want the story to be about, the way I want it to feel. The atmosphere and the story elements it needs to have. Then I have a go, and give myslef permission before I start that it can be rubbish, and I won't delete it. Because even a crap WIP is better than a blank page.
I have overcome my writing block, sorta, help yourself to unblockyness. The key is clearly to lock yourself in a place with caffeine, sugar and not much else, and fic will result. In my case, that's Starbucks, although many other cafes have also worked well. (There's a really cool one in Edinburgh, where JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series. I used to go and sit there and write entire novels in one afternoon, there's something funny in the air.)
Unfortunately all I've done for the past few weeks is sit in my apartment drinking tea and staring at my computer, and unfortunately it hasn't helped at all. I tend to need internet when I write, if only because I'll inevitably come up with some plot point that needs interwubz-research, and I'm the type of person who can't move forward without researching everything immediately.
Yyyyyeeep, I need a kick to the rear. Ugh, writing.
I do that, but that's why I tend to surround myself with uber-handy books like Brewer's Phrase & Fable and the Seven Plots and a variety of other reference sources. Grab a poetry book or whatever, sit in a cafe, and read until one of the more twisted ones catches my eye. *shrug*
Gah, you're making me jealous! I love heels, but can't wear any that are higher than a few centimeters; if I do (and I've tried!) my feet will be wrecked in less than 5 minutes. So wear those heels, girl, wear 'em with pride, and realize how lucky you are!! *g
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le sigh. it's raining! or it's too hot! anyway, i need to break them in first. *resolves to wear them AT SOME POINT, otherwise it's an awful waste of money, boo hiss.*
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If i'm plot/structure blocked. I just sit and write something, anything, around my general idea.
If I'm word blocked, I write out the things I want the story to be about, the way I want it to feel. The atmosphere and the story elements it needs to have. Then I have a go, and give myslef permission before I start that it can be rubbish, and I won't delete it. Because even a crap WIP is better than a blank page.
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So clearly self-punishment via pastries and caffeine is the way to go...
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I have no idea, because I am in a similar situation, so I'm just going to stalk this post and steal other people's ideas.
p.s. my icon is a lie
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mwahaha, *pets* aww, poor baby.
I have overcome my writing block, sorta, help yourself to unblockyness. The key is clearly to lock yourself in a place with caffeine, sugar and not much else, and fic will result. In my case, that's Starbucks, although many other cafes have also worked well. (There's a really cool one in Edinburgh, where JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series. I used to go and sit there and write entire novels in one afternoon, there's something funny in the air.)
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Unfortunately all I've done for the past few weeks is sit in my apartment drinking tea and staring at my computer, and unfortunately it hasn't helped at all. I tend to need internet when I write, if only because I'll inevitably come up with some plot point that needs interwubz-research, and I'm the type of person who can't move forward without researching everything immediately.
Yyyyyeeep, I need a kick to the rear. Ugh, writing.
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le sigh. it's raining! or it's too hot! anyway, i need to break them in first. *resolves to wear them AT SOME POINT, otherwise it's an awful waste of money, boo hiss.*
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