Writer's Block

[gunhilltrain]

They also quote movies a lot.

Quoting movies, poems, novels, etc. is a tactic I use more with female than male characters. I have one coming up who quotes Beatrice Straight from Network. It's in 1981, so people do know what she is talking about.

 

[Djmac1031]

Succubus name generator. I think this link shows some results.

https://nameswhirl.com/succubus-name-generator/

Well, there are names below it. Anybody named Lilith is going to be bad news. I've got one in an upcoming story, and she is sort of sexy but really nasty in a quiet kind of way. She is loosely based on someone I once knew.

I chose a lot of character names based on Jewish mythological demons, but for Annej I got creative, or lazy, depending on one's point of view.

I already had a petite redhead character in my series The Jenna Arrangement. So I just flipped the name.

Annej = Jenna backwards.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Our demons are mostly based on Hebrew mysticism. They have bodies, they fuck.

I did get that. I'm still wondering who made the boots.

 

[gunhilltrain]

For the record, I'm an atheist.

But @EmilyMiller and I have had a lot of fun playing in the Judeo Christian mythology sandbox, twisting, reshaping and re-imagining it to suit our own creative purposes.

We have our own version of God, and the Devil, and even our own origin of the universe, and it's very different from the book of Genesis lol.

My character Annej is a Succubus, but only in the loosest sense of the mythology. I'm not beholden to any rules there although I use the mythology where it fits. But on the surface she looks human, a petite redhead.

Our supernatural beings are immortal BUT can be destroyed by someone more powerful than them, and there are various beings of various power levels, with God AKA Alpha and Satan AKA Lucy Morningstar (Emily made the Devil a woman ) being at the top.

I brought all this up because it shows that you have coped with it before.

 

[Djmac1031]

I did get that. I'm still wondering who made the boots.

As opposed to who's knocking them

What I can tell you is my She-Demon Cozbi has been known to wear custom Prada dresses.

Because, you know, The Devil Wears...

 

[NuclearFairy]

As opposed to who's knocking them

What I can tell you is my She-Demon Cozbi has been known to wear custom Prada dresses.

Because, you know, The Devil Wears...

Chanel Number 9?

 

[TheLobster]

Chanel Number 9?

Chanel Number 666, more like.

 

[Djmac1031]

Chanel Number 666, more like.

I may steal that for a future Angels And Demons story. if so ill give you credit.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Our demons are mostly based on Hebrew mysticism. They have bodies, they fuck.

Well, Christianity just took the Old Testament as it was and added it to the New one. I think that's accurate. At this point who can separate out all the pieces that have gone into Christianity?

 

[Djmac1031]

Well, Christianity just took the Old Testament as it was and added it to the New one. I think that's accurate. At this point who can separate out all the pieces that have gone into Christianity?

You'd probably like The Seduction Of Darkness, or at least the first part where I reworked the Jesus story.

 

[sirhugs]

Our demons are mostly based on Hebrew mysticism. They have bodies, they fuck.

...like all the best demons.

 

[sirhugs]

"Violet..." is rated Hot! Not a lot of reads cause it is a niche story, but happy it seems to have the right audience.
Thanks again for the support.

 

[sirhugs]

Can't tell you how much the support here means to me. Since "Violet", I have almost finished the next story (My Stepdaughter Fills In Ch 4) and have written the prologue to My Father's secretary Ch. 2, though that one still needs some working out where it goes past the prologue, I feel confident that health permitting, I will work it out.

 

[sirhugs]

The first draft of the fourth chapter of the stepdaughter series is finished. Time to recharge and attack the secretary story sequel in earnest. Also aready thinking Violet might need to share that tentacle monster with Pammie- what do you think?
The dam seems to have burst...

 

[sirhugs]

don't you hate it when the depression stomps all over your focus to write?
Isn't writing supposed to distract from the depression?

 

[StillStunned]

don't you hate it when the depression stomps all over your focus to write?
Isn't writing supposed to distract from the depression?

Writing is a creative endeavour, and creation requires energy and enthusiasm. It can be energising too, but depression often eats up whatever energy you have before you reach that point.

Sometimes it can help to give yourself a time limit: try it for fifteen minutes, see if anything happens. If you feel more exhausted than before, the time probably isn't right. But maybe you'll get a few words out, and maybe the next time it will be a bit easier.

Good luck!

 

[sirhugs]

The first draft of the fourth chapter of the stepdaughter series is finished. Time to recharge and attack the secretary story sequel in earnest. Also already thinking Violet might need to share that tentacle monster with Pammie- what do you think?
The dam seems to have burst...

chapter 4 of Stepdaughter Fills In has been submitted.

 

[sirhugs]

Writing is a creative endeavour, and creation requires energy and enthusiasm. It can be energising too, but depression often eats up whatever energy you have before you reach that point.

Sometimes it can help to give yourself a time limit: try it for fifteen minutes, see if anything happens. If you feel more exhausted than before, the time probably isn't right. But maybe you'll get a few words out, and maybe the next time it will be a bit easier.

Good luck!

Thank you for the support.
I waited for the coffee to kick in then started slow. Managed to do 272 words. My minimum daily target is 200 words, so I'm hoping the block is broken again.

 

[sirhugs]

Thank you for the support.
I waited for the coffee to kick in then started slow. Managed to do 272 words. My minimum daily target is 200 words, so I'm hoping the block is broken again.

then I did a 214 word intro to a sequel to Violet Loves Her Tentacle Monster.
It is really weird for me to have three stories started at once.

 

[StillStunned]

It is really weird for me to have three stories started at once.

I can't decide whether to post a picture of my WIP folder, or the "Sweet summer child" gif...

 

[iwatchus]

It is really weird for me to have three stories started at once.

Everyone works differently. It's good to see what works best for you.

Some people want to finish one story before going on to others. I find having multiple embers burning helps me when I stall on one to not lock up completely.

I have a mild case of @StillStunned attic full of partially written bunnies. Most of those are only a few paragraphs. Usually once I get several hundred words in, it flows. I recently got stuck on a story 8k into it and had to set it aside for almost two months. That one just published today. Finishing it was a big relief to me.

My biggest issue for my writing is being too impatient to properly revise. I am trying an experiment now, starting three major projects more or less at once. I am hoping that I can set one aside when I finish a draft and work on something else. So that I can be fresher and more willing to really rework one. I have a real tendency to get excited when I finish my first real draft and hurry through from that to publication. I am dubious that I have the self discipline to follow through with this plan, but I'm going to give it a try.

 

[sirhugs]

Everyone works differently. It's good to see what works best for you.

Some people want to finish one story before going on to others. I find having multiple embers burning helps me when I stall on one to not lock up completely.

I have a mild case of @StillStunned attic full of partially written bunnies. Most of those are only a few paragraphs. Usually once I get several hundred words in, it flows. I recently got stuck on a story 8k into it and had to set it aside for almost two months. That one just published today. Finishing it was a big relief to me.

My biggest issue for my writing is being too impatient to properly revise. I am trying an experiment now, starting three major projects more or less at once. I am hoping that I can set one aside when I finish a draft and work on something else. So that I can be fresher and more willing to really rework one. I have a real tendency to get excited when I finish my first real draft and hurry through from that to publication. I am dubious that I have the self discipline to follow through with this plan, but I'm going to give it a try.

best of luck

 

[MillieDynamite]

Hello muse, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again, because a writer's block softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping, and the block that was planted in my brain, still fucking remains, while you, within, remain in silence, you fucking bitch!

 

[sirhugs]

Hello muse, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again, because a writer's block softly creeping, left its seeds while I was sleeping, and the block that was planted in my brain, still fucking remains, while you, within, remain in silence, you fucking bitch!

did your muse ever wake up?

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

did your muse ever wake up?

Mine got muted by a nosey fat dog.