Writers block

[Saucy_Sage]

Write crap. Edit later. The crap will turn into . . . well, okay, it'll still be crap, but you'll get into the mood again. And who knows, maybe there'll be a nugget there you can use.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

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[evanslily]

Write crap. Edit later. The crap will turn into . . . well, okay, it'll still be crap, but you'll get into the mood again. And who knows, maybe there'll be a nugget there you can use.

I think you're right. Cos the only way to beat writer's block is to write something.

Of course, you have to give yourself 'permission' to write crap. If it bothers you, don't look at the screen while you're writing. Or write in black on a black background / white on a white background. I've done that when the going's got too tough. Often, there's something there you can salvage when you put the background / font colour back to normal.

I go through phases of thinking that everything I've written is awful--and then a few days, will read over something and think, "Hey, it's not as bad as I thought. If I change x, y and z it just might work." And then you're off again.

You have my sympathies though, SubmissivePet. Been there (and will go there again, no doubt) and got the T-shirt.

 

[DeeZire]

So now that I have all the time in the world to write...I have complete and total writers block.

I feel like I am standing infront of a wall that has no breaks.

I have ideas but none of them will come together..so scattered. Anyone have suggestions on how to break an extreme block?? I lost my muse..where do I find another?

Having a new and exciting erotic personal experience could jar your physique into a more creative place. If you are female, I would suggest the following: Buy one of those pocket rocket vibrators you can mount inside your panties and switch on and off via remote control. Go to the food store, or the mall, and start giving yourself orgasms. While doing so, make eye contact with attractive strangers of either sex. Chances are, a flood of ideas will flow forth, or a flood of flow will trickle down your legs. Either way, you should find the experience inspiring.

If you are male, go to the food store or mall and keep your eyes peeled for the woman with the vibrator in her panties. You know she's out there.

 

[Liar]

Write crap. Edit later. The crap will turn into . . . well, okay, it'll still be crap, but you'll get into the mood again. And who knows, maybe there'll be a nugget there you can use.

I'd say the important thing is getting into the mood.

Write for the sake of writing, not for the sake of others reading. Don't fell like you should write something useful. And don't cling to the crap you write. If writing is water, this water is used to unclog the sink. You don't then use the same water to make lemonade.

 

[Liar]

However, I'd like to ask the OP this question:

Why do you feel an urgency to write? Why does the unability to do it right now, make you go all ?

Is it something you feel you should be doing? Are your readers expecting more material? Don't you have any other hobby to do for a while until inspiration strikes?

 

[Jaycy]

Dont worry about ideas coming together - if I dont know where a story is going to go next I just put two characters into a conversation and let them interact. My imagination does the rest.

My other suggestion is to go back to an unfinished story and edit, or to a finished story and just play around with the characters you already know and love. Good luck!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

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[FallingToFly]

Fanfiction has currently saved my ass.

I took a lightning-strike addiction to Repo! The Genetic Opera, and started running with it. I'm something like 35 pages in, and it just keeps expanding.

And now I'm toying with an original street racing piece, because of Fast and Furious.

When you can't find your own starting point, grab one from wherever you can, and see what you can do with it.

In my experience, the fanfiction ends up being something all its own, and can always be edited later and turned into an entirely new creature.

 

[Omni]

Writing is a creative release and if that need to be creative is getting filled in other ways writing can suffer. I love to read novels but I rarely do now because it eases my need to be creative.

Some great suggestions here, just write some fan fiction, just write and do not worry about what you are writing or if you finish it. I've written half a novel before just to get in the mood for writing then let it drop because it was not going anywhere.

Life keeps interrupting my writing and I was doing grand getting up one hour early and writing each morning. Amazing how much that adds up to be. I need to get back to it no matter what.

I hope the mood comes back to you

 

[Verdad]

I was searching for a Bukowski story earlier, didn't find it, but I stumbled upon a quote that reminded me of this thread. From the wiki article:

His gravestone reads: "Don't Try", a phrase which Bukowski uses in one of his poems, advising aspiring writers and poets about inspiration and creativity. Bukowski explains the phrase in a 1963 letter to John William Corrington as follows: 'Somebody at one of these places ... asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them. You don't try. That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like its looks you make a pet out of it.'

Then again, maybe he's not the best person to take advice from.

 

[JackLuis]

Verdad thanks for the quote. I have been three months trying to write a Chapter. I know what has to happen, all the characters, well most of them, I know how it fits into the "Rest of the Story" but I can't write it?

I have been writing my "next" story and making good work of it, but "Spreading Seeds #36" has had me stumped for weeks.

Now I don't feel so disappointed with myself.

 

[Tx Tall Tales]

I think you're right. Cos the only way to beat writer's block is to write something.

I'm a big believer in the "Just Write" solution to writer's block. Anybody who's complete Nanowrimo (never mind 3 times ) will end up sitting in front of a keyboard with nothing to write about. So what do you do? Write. Write something. Anything. Take a hint from Jack Nicholson in The Shining. (Well, maybe not.)

I tend to write very long multi-chapter stories, and I get to the point where I don't have anything to say, or I've lost interest, or I've lost the thread and don't want to go back and reread everything. So I'll start something new, and toss it aside when I'm ready to write what I need to be writing.

And a lot of times that junk writing will eventually lead to something better. The first couple of hundred words of my Nude Day contest entry sat on my hard drive for 2 years. The contest gave me a reason to resurrect it and finally finish it.

You're too good a writer. Write. Make a list of every relationship you've had, every fantasy girl you've dreamed of, every one-night-stand, and elaborate.

My $.02 -

 

[CloudsSip]

Sometimes what works for me is immersing myself into one of the characters, and often NOT the protagonist or POV through which I have been writing. Let that character get their voice, their perspective, their opinion, down. Let them hijack your keyboard/pen. Let them tell about what REALLY happened, what REALLY mattered, and if they insist also what they think of your momma.

Still got nothing after that?

Write about all your characters' Bucket list. What did each want to do before they die.

Still got nothing?

Write about your fans remaining questions about the story. What do they want to know? What do they hate and love? What is the worst idea, the stupidest way they might end your story. Then raise your fing--- uhm your pen in their direction with a salute. And write.

Just some ideas. Noun verb, noun verb. Then do better.