Comments | the_tonberry: Is this what they call a writer's block? Or am I just lazy?

the_tonberry

Is this what they call a writer's block? Or am I just lazy?

Jul 20, 2010 01:47

Shit, man. What is up with me? I used to be writing constantly and ENJOYING it. Original fiction, fanfiction, stories about the lives of inanimate objects, free verse poetry, recipes cleverly disguised as adventurous short stories, ALL OF THAT and RP tags before stressing over grandmom's condition drove me to a nervous breakdown and I just ( Read more... )

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kadabralin July 20 2010, 16:30:38 UTC

WELL i'm glad you don't have TB

Also your writing situation sounds horrible. D: RL can cock-block that shit somtimes.

fff ♥♥♥

DO NOT WORRY you will write something insanely amazing soon

the_tonberry July 20 2010, 23:31:21 UTC

I didn't think I would. They just had to give me the test because my school requires it.

Actually, I am pretty content with life right now. I'm healthy, happy, and everything that was bothering me before is resolved or on its way to being resolved. I have no RL cockblockage happening beyond the vague guilt for leaving Ele and my other RPs, and even that can be rationalized by telling myself that I dropped them for my health.

Thank you, bb. <3

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the_tonberry July 20 2010, 23:32:02 UTC

Spread some Nutella on it, it will be delicious.

arty_darc July 21 2010, 00:55:21 UTC

I hate writer's block. I really, really do. But, alas, they probably exist purely to offset the writing frenzies.

Yay for probably not having TB!

the_tonberry July 21 2010, 01:21:46 UTC

I think I'm mostly annoyed by the fact that there is no real reason for me to have a block that's been going on for as long as this one has. I want to write some GenRex fics--actual real fics that make sense and don't get edited down to half of what they were just because I'm feeling self-conscious over feverish ramblings--so badly and contribute to the fandom. It feels like I haven't written anything worth posting in almost a year. =/

Psh, there was never really a chance for me to even catch it. I just needed the test for school records. =/

arty_darc July 21 2010, 01:25:24 UTC

I often feel like my blocks are mostly random. I just wake up unable to do a thing, which is why I try to ride the frenzies as long as possible. But I hope the block ends soon! I'd love to read some GenRex fics from you. Something that helped me once was writing every day for a set period of time. There was no pressure to make it good, I just had to do it. It was a cool excercise that I should do again.

Oh, I see. That makes sense.

the_tonberry July 21 2010, 01:29:59 UTC

I think I'm hurting myself more than anything. Thoughts of "maybe I should try and write something" are often dragged into a back alley and mugged by the random urge to make mango chips and rewatch Trigun. XD

I think I'll give your writing exercise a shot. I'm bad at sticking to schedules (as evidenced by how little I work out), so the most difficult part will be remembering to do it. =B Will definitely try it, though.

pan2dapan July 29 2010, 02:15:27 UTC

I'm kinda having an artblock myself. Ideas are hard to come by, and I think I'm hitting a plateau.

Hopefully just riding it out will help it. Or maybe a once kickass television show will stop being kinda lame and bring back the fire that it gave me not too long ago.

the_tonberry July 29 2010, 03:00:32 UTC

I dunno anymore, man. I'm totally losing faith in that once kickass television show. =/ Moreover, I can't seem to write for other stuff like GenRex or Kuroshitsuji. Plus, I'm being kind of neurotic about what I have written.

I used to have this thick shell of overconfidence and narcissism, a sort of "I HAVE WRITTEN THIS THING AND IT IS AWESOME NOW I SHALL POST IT AND BITCHES WILL BOW BEFORE ME" attitude. XD No idea where that went, but I'm hoping that RPing will bring it back.

For the record, I am currently typing that app one-handed and styling a wig with the other. Like a boss.

pan2dapan July 29 2010, 14:07:08 UTC

Me too. Kim said the preview looked pretty slawsome, but she's not huge nerds about it like we are. I dunno, man, while I have been messing around with a little Rex art, nothing's slapping me around...

You still have it. It just got covered with a thin shell of self-doubt. You still got it, bro. I hope so too. I was never that great of a writer and maybe more RP will help me get better.

You are a hero to children and Pans everywhere.

the_tonberry July 29 2010, 16:06:01 UTC

Generator Rex is like...Riding a jetski driven by a really cool blind person that has honed their other senses to the point that they are kind of superhuman (like Toph or Daredevil). There's the awesome factor of riding a jetski, combined with the nervous excitement of being driven around by an awesome blind person. WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHO KNOWS! BUT IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME.

Ben 10, on the other hand, has started to feel more like riding in an old station wagon being driven a blind person who hates you. You don't know where this one is going either, but you get the distinct feeling that it won't be nearly as fun or awesome as the jetski.

I guess I mean to say that GenRex is unpredictable in an exciting way while Ben 10 has become unpredictable in a "do I really wanna go through with this?" way. I've almost come to resent it a little.

More RP. That much, at least, needs to be done. I seriously miss RPing. My Ben app will be done by tonight after we go snack shopping, if you'd like to read it.