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does anyone know some good ways of getting over writers block? =(
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♫Krista♫, the Great and Powerful Empress of Silliness :P
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Sep 22, 2009 06:05PM
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♫Krista♫ wrote: "*gulps* I most likely know what Ryder's fate is going to be, but Madison's! You can't kill her! No no no!"Why not? She's the author, after all. She can do whatever she likes.
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Why not? She's the author, after all. She can do whatever she likes."
I know, but but Madison! She's so awesome!
♫Krista♫ wrote: "Acacia wrote: "♫Krista♫ wrote: "*gulps* I most likely know what Ryder's fate is going to be, but Madison's! You can't kill her! No no no!"Why not? She's the author, after all. She can do whatev..."
Awesome != Invincible
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Why not? She's the author, after all. Sh..."
Hopefully. *sigh* If Ryder dies I'll be very very very sad, but if madison and ryder die I'll be devastated.
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lol im watching family guy...guilty pleasure :-[
i dont watch it, but ive seen this family guy like 4 times...
lol. heroes is y brother's favorite show...
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haha Family Guy is funny
Ikr? Its SO unbelievably stupid, but that just makes it all the more effing hilarious!!
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WAIT A MOMENT....MADISON...DYING??!!!LIKE..... PERMANENT DEATH!!!?!!
♫Krista♫ wrote: "Acacia wrote: "♫Krista♫ wrote: "*gulps* I most likely know what Ryder's fate is going to be, but Madison's! You can't kill her! No no no!"Why not? She's the author, after all. She can do whatev..."
ermmmmm madison? awsome? really? srry but resently with all the "No! Name her blah blah blah," and acting like she's having a baby is really pissing me off. I just wish she's come to life so i could strangle her...
Katie wrote: "im having trouble with writers block and have no idea how to get over it, any one got some ideas please?"ermmmmm back to this topic, i usually get idea's from normal things, like today, i was sitting out from gym because i got sick ((i was vomiting)) and looked at the basket ball basket and got an idea, dont ask me how i just got one...
Katie wrote: "im having trouble with writers block and have no idea how to get over it, any one got some ideas please?"I wrote about writer's block on my blog. :)
http://mylifeasateenagenovelist.blogs...
what i do with writters block is i think of an event that i really want to happen in the book/story and write from there and then combine the two peices so they make sense
I just write a poem or read something, or start something else to get the juices flowing.
stare out the window... trust me, depending on what you're working on you'll find something related to it... in some weird way
Try just writing something totally random down, like "I like cheese", "I don't know what to write!", anything. It gets your creative side flowing a little, and at least you're writing something down. Sometimes just writing something totally pointless reminds you of something else that isn't pointless. =]
♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Katie wrote: "im having trouble with writers block and have no idea how to get over it, any one got some ideas please?"I wrote about writer's block on my blog. :)
http://mylifeasateenagenovelist...."
based on what Brigid wrote on her blog ((loved it!)) this is a funny quote i found from this guy that has reeeeeaally funny quotes!
"Writers block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol."
— Steve Martin
Thats hilarious!!! I think hes hilarious but apparently hes a total jerk in real life
really? dang that sucks.. he's soooooooo funny! i have most of the quotes ive seen... other ones... not so nice
Ya cuz i was watching kathy griffin (now shes hilarious) on larry king live and she said he was like just a total jerk which ttly surprised me he doesnt seem like it at all
yea i know! actually ive never read any of his books... if he has books, just his quotes, that make me crack up!
Over the last six months, as I’ve been watching my own writing, I’ve noticed that I often seem to go “blank” just after I’ve had a particularly fluent patch of writing. Does this sound familiar to you? Your fingers can barely keep up with the sentences your brain is spewing. Writing seems easy. The words just flow. And then, ka-boom. Everything stops. It’s like a marathoner, hitting the 18-mile wall. You’ve reached the end. When this happens to me, I notice that I usually switch to editing the piece I’m working on. Or, failing that, I turn to that universal procrastination device: email. The trouble with both these strategies is that they break momentum. Writing and editing don’t belong together; they’re two entirely separate jobs. As for email, well, I don’t need to tell you that it’s insidious and a time-eater. No, when you “hit the writing wall,” what you need is a mini-reward that gives you a 3-5 minute break.
1. Take a brief stretching break. The Internet and the public library offer a litany of at-your-desk stretches that will give you a much-needed break from hunching over the computer. If nothing else, stand up, grab your hands behind your back and try pushing your shoulder blades together.
2. Take a brief reading break. Keep a book on your desk that’s well written but that isn’t going to be terribly hard to put down after a couple of pages. I find books of essays a good choice. Currently I’m dipping into William Zinsser’s Writing to Learn, but I think it’s probably wiser to dabble outside your usual field. Once I’ve taken my mini-break, I come back refreshed and ready to write again without — and this is key — having lost my momentum.
3. Stop in the middle of a sentence. Like many people, you may set yourself the goal of finishing a certain section of writing before you move on to another task. Maybe you want to get to the end of a segment, scene or chapter. Sounds logical, I know. But it’s a mistake.
Instead, I recommend always trying to stop in the middle of a sentence. Why? Because it’s an invitation — more than that — it’s an enticement to continue when you sit down the next time. It’s like having a toasty car to climb into on a cold winter’s morning. Stop in the middle of a sentence, and, when you begin writing again, you’ll waste much less time “warming up.”
I actually wrote a blog entry on writer's block, if you want to read it. Hopefully it can help! :)http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
i hate havin writers block
yea..... but really it doesnt exist, all a state of mind *makes creepy hand motions* ooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo
Esther*Crazygirlwithachainsaw..MWAHAHA!...hola* wrote: "yea..... but really it doesnt exist, all a state of mind *makes creepy hand motions* ooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo"
hmmmmm.......thats interesting.....
hmmmmm.......thats interesting.....
i've never rly had a serious case of writers block...i just get stuck, sleep on it, then get an idea :P
hahaha same here! but then i forget it.... or i forget to write it and when i remember to write ive forgoten it..... it reaaaaaaally sucks...
What works for me if I'm stuck, I'll stop writing for the day go to sleep, whatever. Then the next day I'll write something by hand even if its really crappy and that for some reason helps me get ideas. Then when I type that on the computer I usually have a lot more ideas and can start writing again. I guess that was sort of hard to explain.
ha ha samei love writing on paper but i hate having 2 type it up later
really? i hate writing, over the summer i did goodreads alot so i became an even faster typer, still not faster than my sis, but fast enough so when school started and i wrote my hand sorta froze up so every word was like the first letter then a squiggly line!
haha nice
im just generally a fast typer, in tech wwe had to do this test thing and the mininum was 30 words per min
i got 63
im just generally a fast typer, in tech wwe had to do this test thing and the mininum was 30 words per min
i got 63
hahaha thats funny! but its hard to do it in the dark because were my two fingers are suposed to be ((j and f)) those dots on the keyboard so you know which ones are reeaaaaally faint so its hard to type in the dark... i have this bad habit that if i mess up at the begining of a sentince i backspace all the way back to it and have to type it again in stead of usuing my mouse... i dont like to use it when its not nesesary ;P
I DONT EITHER!! especially with my laptop ill just b like ah, screw it ill just go back!
I type insanly fast, in french... In English I guess I'm pretty fast, fast enough, I suppose.
in french?? you know french? how can you be better at french than english? are you french?
french? cool! ya im pretty sure shes frenchi can type fairly fast english...heck, i only type in english :P
hahaha same here... other than my normal greeting Hola! you know it says it isnt a word... its really been bothering my am i just spelling it wrong?
Esther*Crazygirlwithachainsaw..MWAHAHA!...hola* wrote: "in french?? you know french? how can you be better at french than english? are you french?"Yah, I was born there, when I was 10 we moved around a little in Europe till we came to the u.s when I was about 13.
