Being totally alone

[lovecraft68]

Being totally alone means you start writing down what those little voices in your head are telling you.

I think I am being serious here!

Yes, all those people around you drown out the muse.

And I am not kidding.

Even the music becomes background noise. I only realize what I am listening to if a shitty song comes on or Pandora stops to see if I am "still listening"

 

[lovecraft68]

As a writer, you're supposed to communicate with others. How does being totally alone help that mission?

We're just discussing the time you are actually writing, not your social life in general

 

[MichaelinChina]

Yes, all those people around you drown out the muse.

And I am not kidding.

Even the music becomes background noise. I only realize what I am listening to if a shitty song comes on or Pandora stops to see if I am "still listening"

I can't write if the music has words in English but if it's a Chinese song sung in Chinese, I can listen to it, or tune out (and write) because I don't understand all they are saying. The day my Chinese gets so good I can understand every word, it's time to go to another country, where I can't understand the language.
Thinking on the bus into the city is also possible.
Lit is invaluable to my writing; the gifs, indeed, the whole gamut of erotic images. And the women I am so happy to meet - in cyberspace that is.

 

[sr71plt]

If I have background music while I'm writing, it has to be instrumental. And invariably it runs out before I even realize it was there.

 

[MichaelinChina]

If I have background music while I'm writing, it has to be instrumental. And invariably it runs out before I even realize it was there.

So you aren't being entirely truthful when you post regularly on the 'What are you listening to now?' thread?

 

[Aynmair]

My brain is pretty unpredictable, which is a pain - sometimes coffeehouses have just the right amount of background noise, sometimes too much; instrumental music good, often electronic hits the spot; I get too distracted by fast rhythms or industrial/punk/etc - they's for dancin' not writing.

 

[lovecraft68]

I can't write if the music has words in English but if it's a Chinese song sung in Chinese, I can listen to it, or tune out (and write) because I don't understand all they are saying. The day my Chinese gets so good I can understand every word, it's time to go to another country, where I can't understand the language.
Thinking on the bus into the city is also possible.
Lit is invaluable to my writing; the gifs, indeed, the whole gamut of erotic images. And the women I am so happy to meet - in cyberspace that is.

I wrote a short BDSM piece for a role play partner based on an image in the GB's "Ropes and cuffs" thread which at this point may be defunct at this point.

I am sure I could find a ton of bunnies in those threads, but try to shut the brain off when I look and just say "Hmm, hot"

When my muse is running hot I can't watch a porn clip on red tube without my mind trying to create a story around the ten minute scene "who are they, how did they get there, etc...." That's when its time to have a couple of drinks and numb the mind.

 

[Hypoxia]

I find that to write, I must mentally focus. Being all alone allows me to focus.
Being imprisoned or otherwise sequestered from the outside helps me focus.
Locking myself in a closet with a keyboard or notepad -- not so much. I'm not Asimov.
Written communication does not require face-to-face interaction, though such may inspire.
Where is the outside world necessary? (Other than food, money, sex with others, etc.)
When we write, are we reporting, or creating, or masturbating, or just wasting time?
Reporting requires real-world interactions, which are otherwise optional, but fun.
Just lay about and tell lies. It's easy.

 

[sr71plt]

So you aren't being entirely truthful when you post regularly on the 'What are you listening to now?' thread?

Well, yes, I'm always listening to what I post I'm listening to. (You another one so obsessed with me that you keep tabs like that?). I just do more on the computer than write stories. Sometimes I check posting of those who like to attack me from out the blue. That takes a bit of time.

 

[colddiesel]

Thanks for the responses. It seems to me that writers tend to seek out some sort of separation from their fellow men and women, in some cases physical, some mental and some a combination of both. Each creates their own 'writing world' or environment, whatever works best for them, whether in a particular place or someplace in their own head. Except R Richard: I'm not sure what goes on in his head.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Well, yes, I'm always listening to what I post I'm listening to. (You another one so obsessed with me that you keep tabs like that?). I just do more on the computer than write stories. Sometimes I check posting of those who like to attack me from out the blue. That takes a bit of time.

I was being facetious mr thinskinned. see the ?

 

[Saxon_Hart]

Writing amd story development are two different things for me. Usually when I am on another task, either driving, or working, that voice is telling me how the story should be going. I ask myself a shit load of what if's. Now when it comes time to put the story into words, I gotta have tunes playing. Usually if I am into the writing, it doesn't make much difference what I listen to.

 

[Fill_de_Puta]

I can write anywhere really. I just don't like the idea of people peering over my shoulder and getting a glimpse so I tend to be alone. Other people in the house is fine. Noise doesn't bother me.

In saying that I've yet to discover if I can write. I've just put my first story on the Editor's Forum and requested humiliation and annihilation by a good arse kicking Editor... Bet I cry but I won't tell anyone.

 

[sr71plt]

I was being facetious mr thinskinned. see the ?

No, you were trying to have it both ways. It was like starting a criticism with "Don't take this the wrong way." You wanted to get your silly jab in and pretend you were just kidding. You're post was nonsensical.

(But, see, I was just kidding.)

 

[PokingFun]

When I am writing I tune the entire world out. don't mind background noise, but it can't be music. I am musically inclined. If I like the music I want to join in and if I don't like it I'm distracted because I'm annoyed.

When I am really into the groove of a story it seems to pour out of me so quickly that I can barely write or type fast enough to keep up with it. I end up alternating between short notes and filling in details until finally I go back and make sure everything is in its place.