overload?

[hmmnmm]

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[woodnymph_O]

well

I say take a break , but since I have now been on one for 2 weeks ,umm you might not wanna try my way
nymphy

 

[Evil Alpaca]

First, it must be admitted that worse ways exist than to spend the majority of a day thinking of erotic ideas and trying to put them into words. Someone (dr. m) said somewhere else that this sort of writing is a "discipline unto itself" and how right that is, and a pleasurable discipline.
I mean, this is not the first time I have dabbled with words of erotic intent, but I don't think I have done so with such the submergence - a straight month of nothing but sex scene thoughts and trying to put them into words.
Not so uncommon probably:
1) get an idea
2) find the idea very exciting
3) sit down to write it
4) maybe it works immediately, maybe it doesn't work as easy as you thought it would
5) you write it, rewrite it, stare at it, rewrite, it and then this really great idea you first had is no longer the Great Idea. Or it still is a great idea but along the way it lost its initial impact.
My question then, to the veterans here:
Did you ever find yourself having to just take a break for a day or two, or does one just have to plunge even deeper?
I think that's the question...

I need to take a break quite often. I'll go for weeks without writing a line sometimes. Othertimes, I'll write all day. Right now, I'm in some downtime. Like I said on another thread . . . if you're not in the mood to write . . . don't write. It's okay just to think naughty thoughts and come back to the keyboard later.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

First, it must be admitted that worse ways exist than to spend the majority of a day thinking of erotic ideas and trying to put them into words. Someone (dr. m) said somewhere else that this sort of writing is a "discipline unto itself" and how right that is, and a pleasurable discipline.
I mean, this is not the first time I have dabbled with words of erotic intent, but I don't think I have done so with such the submergence - a straight month of nothing but sex scene thoughts and trying to put them into words.
Not so uncommon probably:
1) get an idea
2) find the idea very exciting
3) sit down to write it
4) maybe it works immediately, maybe it doesn't work as easy as you thought it would
5) you write it, rewrite it, stare at it, rewrite, it and then this really great idea you first had is no longer the Great Idea. Or it still is a great idea but along the way it lost its initial impact.
My question then, to the veterans here:
Did you ever find yourself having to just take a break for a day or two, or does one just have to plunge even deeper?
I think that's the question...

One of my favorite stories had a break of about 4 months. It was finished the night before band camp, specifically an hour before I was scheduled to wake up. It was fuckin' worth it.

My novel had a break of about a year this last bit.

So, breaks can be good if you need it, but be careful not to let the idea die while you're resting. Too many good stories can be killed that way.

 

[oggbashan]

My longest story break was 15 years and is still continuing because the story is beyond redemption.

Some stories have been completed after a 3 year gap but I think that is my limit. Any longer than that and I'm not the same as the person who started the story.

Og

 

[BlackShanglan]

I've got a few that are past the one year mark. That's all right, though. Sometimes it's me that has to change in order for the story to be told. I think it especially true given that I have only recently started writing creatively with any dedication or seriousness, and so I know that I am still learning how to tell a story. I think of the shelved stories as aging like wine ... they're getting better, I'm getting better, and once I come back we might improve together.

I do have one that I'm not sure will ever be right. But I keep trying. If nothing else, it's good practice for trying all different ways to convey ideas.

I know that Carson hates this method, but it does work for me to make an outline or at least a list of main actions leading to the ending. That said - once I make it, that often changes radically. But I find that it helps me to throw down a framework. Once I have a draft written from start to finish, I can revise and rework endlessly and still enjoy myself because I have an actual story and not a fragment that I can't show anyone or get any help with. My longest-running project, a screenplay, has changed so often that it's nearly unrecognizable from the planning notes. But that's OK. The chief thing, to me, is that they got me to write it.

Shanglan

Shanglan

 

[carsonshepherd]

I only hate that method because it doesn't work for me. It kills my creative impulse. Also, I only work on one piece at a time so I don't need notes to keep track of what I'm doing.

I take breaks from time to time. Days, a few weeks, even a couple of years. Lit keeps me writing now on almost a daily basis, and if I'm not getting the time I need to write I get edgy.

 

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