%*%#%^**($# Writer's block

[HeyAll]

If I'm not in the mood to write, then I don't write.

But if I'm in the mood to write but I'm stuck on a particular story, then I start writing on another story to keep the creativity flowing. Then when I go back to the original story after a week or so, then I can look at it from a new perspective.

 

[RedMonkeyButt]

I don't have writer's block. I have: I Don't Want to Write, Fuck Off block.

Potato, Potahto... tomato, tomahto...


But seriously, if you ever figure out how to deal with it, let me know.

I get this a lot. Know how ya feel. Although, I like how Megamind put that in the movie, "Potato, tomato, potato, tomato..."



I also had this whole rebuttal for JBJ worked out. And then I realized the futility in arguing points of writing with someone who couldn't even be bothered to use proper punctuation in the posts where he spouts off about writing... Heh. I gave myself a giggle.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I get this a lot. Know how ya feel.



I also had this whole rebuttal for JBJ worked out. And then I realized the futility in arguing points of writing with someone who couldn't even be bothers to use proper punctuation in the posts where he spouts off about writing... Heh. I gave myself a giggle.

If you had a rebuttal youd use it.

 

[RedMonkeyButt]

If you had a rebuttal youd use it.

You just made my point for me.

 

[SamScribble]

You just made my point for me.

Psst! RMB - I think you'll find that JBJ did that deliberately. Winding people up is one of his hobbies.

 

[lovecraft68]

Psst! RMB - I think you'll find that JBJ did that deliberately. Winding people up is one of his hobbies.

Agreed, be wary of JBJ, rumor has it he is one of the least senile members of the home.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Psst! RMB - I think you'll find that JBJ did that deliberately. Winding people up is one of his hobbies.

I get some fascinating results, cuz people are scripted to react with a limited repertoire of socially acceptable responses. When you poke them with an unexpected stimuli you get strange stuff back.

Next time someone pours their heart out for you, say SO WHAT! Or, THATS THE MOST BORING BULL SHIT I'VE EVER HEARD.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Agreed, be wary of JBJ, rumor has it he is one of the least senile members of the home.

Oh! Man! The Home went out to lunch today at my favorite restaurant. I think Hitler was on to something good gassing these dweebs. The hostess musta thought I was part of the fun cuz she sat me in the midst of them.

 

[lovecraft68]

Oh! Man! The Home went out to lunch today at my favorite restaurant. I think Hitler was on to something good gassing these dweebs. The hostess musta thought I was part of the fun cuz she sat me in the midst of them.

Hey James, if you're the Carrie of the AH, do we get to pour pig's blood all over you?

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Hey James, if you're the Carrie of the AH, do we get to pour pig's blood all over you?

You already did.

 

[FelixPick]

I don't get worked up over it, I go and do the things that generally inspire me to write, or in the case of my erotic fiction I talk to the people that inspire me to write these things. In my case these people are women I have been with or have semi-consistent fantasies centering around them. The conversations themselves tend to add fuel to the fire.

 

[mynameisben]

Whenever the writer's block rears its ugly head at me, here's what I do:

I turn off the ringer to my phone, bolt the doors, sit down at my computer, roll up my sleeves and take a deep, deep breath. And then I write down every come-guzzling, goose gosling, hornswoggling, beef jerking, bandicooted nerf herder of a brain fart that vaporizes off the top of my skull. Next, I take off all my clothes and drink exactly 250 ml of Mad Dog 20/20 poured into my collectors' Wonder Woman cartoon glass. Then it's on to editing. Donning only a beret, I judiciously chisel away everything that isn't a truly great story while swilling the remaining spirits from the bottle.

And then, voilà! Another masterpiece to add to the collection. My method is tried and true, and I absolutely swear by it. Really great, imaginative stories have come into being this way, if I say so myself. I've even inadvertently written two Jane Austen novels using the above technique, but, admittedly, they were her lesser novels.

 

[sr71plt]

I judiciously chisel away everything that isn't a truly great story while swilling the remaining spirits from the bottle.

And then, voilà! Another masterpiece to add to the collection.

So, how often after you've chiseled away is there only an empty booze bottle left?

 

[mynameisben]

So, how often after you've chiseled away is there only an empty booze bottle left?

I do my own editing, pilot. I'll thank you to keep your eyes off of my booze and above my waist.

 

[sr71plt]

I do my own editing, pilot. I'll thank you to keep your eyes off of my booze and above my waist.

It hadn't occurred to me to give you more than a glance. You're much too thin and basic for starters.