Victim of a Malfunctioning Brain

[O]

AAAaaaaaaaarrrrgh.....

I did it again. I lost those pretty, shiny blue marbles that roll around in my head. Half-way through another short story and my mind totally shuts down. I know where the story's going. I can see in my mind every action my main characters will make, every little detail until the end... but I can not, for the life of me, get it from my mind's eye into text. It's like... I've suddenly lost all command over the English language.

Anyone have any ideas and/or suggestions on how, first off, to keep this from happening to begin with, and secondly, how to recover when it does? I'd really love to finish this particular piece.

My thanks and appreciation in advance.

 

[Weird Harold]

You are not alone

ou are not the first, nor I dare to predict the last, to suffer writer's block

There are many suggestions made to Carl East in this thread:

http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=11425

 

[SpecialK]

Dang, I so know what you mean O. It sucks when that happens!

I'm the type of person who writes best when the creative juices are flowing, etc. Maybe it is just me but sometimes I can just write and write and the words just come. Other times, regardless of how you know what is happening in the story, what you write down does not make you happy, like you described O.

I guess to deal with this kind of thing, which I just attribute to a natural phenomenon (at least with me), I write and write and write if I'm in that right frame of mind where the words flow. I do not stop for the phone, to sleep, anything. Because I know damn well that if I stop and try to go back, the mood/whatever is gone and once it is gone, you can't get it back.

When I find that I'm sitting in front of a story and it is just not working, I don't try to force it. So I just leave it. I suspect that jotting down little notes about where you want things to go and what you want to have happen, etc would be a wise idea, but I don't think I have ever done that. Often, I find that when I leave it for awhile and go back to it in a few days, or even a few years (such is the case with a story I am currently re-working on) the mood is back and I can proceed.

I don't know how much of this you will find useful, O. Good luck with your story!

K

 

[Carl East]

Dear O, one of the best bits of advice I received was to just write anything, and keep writing until you get that brain working again. It can be about anything, it doesn't matter, but it does work.

Hope this helps

Carl.

 

[O]

Thanks ya'll. I appreciate the feedback and the advice. I've got a few options now, and will explore them. I'll keep you posted as to my progress in this battle with my brain.

 

[Isabella Thorne]

ummm i find when i can't write down what i am trying to express, getting high helps. somehow the words just flow after that ..

luv your name O .. from the Story of O right? one of my faves.

good luck O!

luv, isabella