Author with Writer's Block Wanted (Must be slightly jaded.)
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How this forum works:
We present some idea for a story's setup, operation, and maybe an ending -- but we usually only see basic setups here. Others chew on the setup and spit out (im)possible excursions. Sometimes we get wild there. Sometimes we find usable concepts to write from. Sometimes credit accrues. That's how it goes.
We present some idea for a story's setup, operation, and maybe an ending -- but we usually only see basic setups here. Others chew on the setup and spit out (im)possible excursions. Sometimes we get wild there. Sometimes we find usable concepts to write from. Sometimes credit accrues. That's how it goes.
Zeb_Carter
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What good is a writer with "writers block"? They tend not to be able to write about much of anything. I know. I have experience "writers block" many, many times.
sirhugs
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sure, but we write lots of fragments of nothingness. Sartre would be proud of us.
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The only time I have experienced writer's block was after the death of a close relative - plus other issues were going on from November 2019 to about May 2020. I wrote less and less and finally stopped. A therapist told me to just give it fifteen minutes per day and see how it went. On the first day I spent two hours on it. Afterwards I got back up to speed pretty quickly.
If I don't feel like writing fiction, I write short "memoirs" about myself and my family and I e-mail the installments to my daughter. It's not in exact chronological order. I've included stories I've heard about relatives who passed when I was very young or before I was born. On my father's side I can go back to about 1901, on my mother's side to about 1850. That's when my immigrant ancestors arrived here.
I also include old scanned photos or photos I find online, plus videos that might illustrate some events that I remember first-hand. For The Bronx in the 1970s, I've found "The Bronx is Burning" (1972) and "The Fire Next Door" (1979) from YouTube.
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gunhilltrain
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Tica21: you've only been here four days and you're giving up already? Why not start by filling out your biography page and writing a little blurb about yourself at the bottom. You don't have to give out anything personal that makes you uncomfortable.
Then, if you can't write about incest right away, right about something else - anything. Write abut a movie you've seen, someone you know, someplace you've been. Write about something you've done - something must have happened to you in whatever number of years you've been on this planet.
Then, if you can't write about incest right away, right about something else - anything. Write abut a movie you've seen, someone you know, someplace you've been. Write about something you've done - something must have happened to you in whatever number of years you've been on this planet.
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I'm fairly keyboard-blocked, still concocting tales in my imagination, but varied situations in my life keep me from committing them to LIT. Bummer. If you have time and access, and think you know what you want from your tale, write it yourself. We all started as more-or-less clueless non-writers. Practice!
PS: I can't be Jade(d) because that's the name of folks close to me. But I can entertain ennui. By singing. That's pretty boring.
PS: I can't be Jade(d) because that's the name of folks close to me. But I can entertain ennui. By singing. That's pretty boring.
gunhilltrain
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I'm fairly keyboard-blocked, still concocting tales in my imagination, but varied situations in my life keep me from committing them to LIT. Bummer. If you have time and access, and think you know what you want from your tale, write it yourself. We all started as more-or-less clueless non-writers. Practice!
PS: I can't be Jade(d) because that's the name of folks close to me. But I can entertain ennui. By singing. That's pretty boring.
Yes, practice! The more you do, the better you'll get. And if you are lucky, the more ideas you will come up with. If you can think of it, you can write it.
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But if you come up with too many ideas soon you spend your time posting here instead of writing
*looks in mirror*
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It is possible, I've found, to work on several story lines simultaneously. You have to have patience and pace yourself, however.
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If you're not jaded you're not old enough or haven't been hear long enough
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what are these things of which you speak? "Patience"? I wrote about a gal named Patience in a series of stories.
But don't think I've ever used the name "Pace".
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I'm fairly keyboard-blocked, still concocting tales in my imagination, but varied situations in my life keep me from committing them to LIT. Bummer. If you have time and access, and think you know what you want from your tale, write it yourself. We all started as more-or-less clueless non-writers. Practice!
PS: I can't be Jade(d) because that's the name of folks close to me. But I can entertain ennui. By singing. That's pretty boring.
I found a web comic called Ennui Go! that is pretty entertaining. From all the crazy stuff I've seen you post, you might like it. The MC has a Nude Room and if you don't undress, attack bees are released.
