Writer's Block, How do you deal with it? |
 Mar 21 2008, 10:10 AM
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Organizing the Halo Rebellion  Posts: 3,301 Joined: 2:09pm April 16, 2006 Location: Being angelic, of course   |
Writer's Block is something that every writer experiences. (Yes, even Jo!)
How do you get through this rough time? Do you keep on writing anyway and try to ignore the slump you are in? Do you take a break and hope that some muse will come along and inspire you to write? What are your inspirations in writing? -------------------- |
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Mar 22 2008, 02:13 AM
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Severus Snape's Personal Assistant  Posts: 2,269 Joined: 11:44pm November 29, 2005 Location: In the Hogwarts kitchen eating cookies. |
I take a break and try not to think about it. It's weird because sometimes my dreams help me. Sometimes things pop in my head. It depends. If i sit and try to write through it I just get a bunch of crap on the page. So, I just don't write for a while. I've been told I should keep writing no matter what but I never like anything that I write when I have a block.
--------------------  W.L.Y.J. We love you Jo |
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Mar 22 2008, 10:17 AM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 52 Joined: 1:43pm March 13, 2008 Location: Behind you |
Simply keep pressing on; you'll have the time to fix it later.
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Mar 22 2008, 10:33 AM
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 615 Joined: 1:47pm August 29, 2006 Location: Kalundborg, Denmark |
One thing I usually do when I get writer's block is that I begin writing on a new story. I open up a blank page in word and write whatever comes to mind even if doesn't make any sense. By doing that I tend to get a lot of ideas for my real story. The best thing about this method is that you don't stop writing because if you want to get better at writing you have to keep doing just that.
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Mar 22 2008, 07:25 PM
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Rat Spleen Restocker at the Apothecary Posts: 487 Joined: 1:19pm November 16, 2006 Location: The magical lands of Canada  |
A much better writer than myself once told me that writer's block is not a lack of ideas, but rather so many ideas that you can't sort through them all. Ever since then, every time I've had writer's block, I've thought of that, and it really helps if I try to write down what I'm thinking, and try to make sense of it.
I'm not sure if it's true, but it works for me. 
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Mar 22 2008, 09:16 PM
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Severus Snape's Personal Assistant Posts: 2,269 Joined: 11:44pm November 29, 2005 Location: In the Hogwarts kitchen eating cookies. |
You know what? Thanks for sharing that.
 I'm going to try that. I actually feel bad when I don't write. For some reason your tip makes sense to me. -------------------- W.L.Y.J. We love you Jo |
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Mar 23 2008, 12:14 AM
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Gringotts Goblin Translator Posts: 1,208 Joined: 12:37pm July 27, 2006 Location: Inside Dumbledore's Pensieve  |
QUOTE(BrettMac @ Mar 22 2008, 07:25 PM)  A much better writer than myself once told me that writer's block is not a lack of ideas, but rather so many ideas that you can't sort through them all. Ever since then, every time I've had writer's block, I've thought of that, and it really helps if I try to write down what I'm thinking, and try to make sense of it. I agree. I have got a serious attack of Writer's Block. It's been months and I havn't been able to write a story totally invented by myself. i have written stories on topics taken down from various places. i haven even submitted my work for the cCmmonwealth Writing Competition. Whenever I get an idea to write a story I begin right away. (Just prevented myself from using 'But' over here!!  ) Though I soon as I start writing, I get loads of new ideas, I get confused and stop writing. I cannot "sort" them out.I sure am in need of help (which I have started to get!!) --------------------  Thanks to Azkaban Dietician for the chamber 29 sig! |
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Mar 23 2008, 09:38 AM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 545 Joined: 7:56pm June 16, 2005 |
QUOTE(Overcast @ Mar 22 2008, 08:13 AM) I take a break and try not to think about it. It's weird because sometimes my dreams help me. Sometimes things pop in my head. It depends. If i sit and try to write through it I just get a bunch of crap on the page. So, I just don't write for a while. I've been told I should keep writing no matter what but I never like anything that I write when I have a block. Yes dreams do help a lot, that's where I acquired some of my most cool ideas and interesting characters. You should try lucid dreaming! I usually just sit in a quite place and clear my mind, then I start to think about what I'm writing and usually new ideas form and I can continue with my writing. Listening to music while I write also works wonders. -------------------- |
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Mar 23 2008, 10:45 AM
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Leaky's Resident Luna Biographer Posts: 2,563 Joined: 10:05pm July 15, 2007 Location: Sitting below an plum tree, reading the latest issue of the Quibbler |
Well, the first thing I do is stop writing for a few days and try to get my thoughts in order. If that doesn't work, then I do something my writing teacher told me to do: sit at the computer or your notebook and just write, about anything. Just write--about eating, about walking, about dancing, about opening a Harry Potter book ;)
It actually really helps, because writing something, no matter how much it sucks, really helps your brain get back into that writing mode -------------------- "Time passes in moments, which, rushing by, define the path of a life just as surely as they lead towards its end. How rarely do we stop to examine that path, to see the reasons why all things happen?"
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Mar 23 2008, 10:55 AM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 80 Joined: 8:11pm March 21, 2008 Location: *gasp!* I am from Mars but it is a secret shhh... |
Sometimes I spend a good 12 hours just staring at a blank page,
rereading what I already wrote to try and get something. Sadly I have 3 novels that are unfinished... much to my sisters disappointment. -------------------- As ice cold hands rip into your heart
That's if you've still got one that's left Inside that cave you call a chest.   |
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