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does anyone know some good ways of getting over writers block? =(
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Annemarie
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Oct 06, 2009 03:38PM
sixteen, last august.
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Huneeya wrote: "i've never rly had a serious case of writers block...i just get stuck, sleep on it, then get an idea :P"haha same
Juliet wrote: "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 ..."
cool!
awesome! ur french XD ive always wanted 2 go 2 francemaybe u can help with my french homework.....jk :)
hahaha im going into spanish, parcaly because we started it a little in third and first grade... ;P
16 last august Juliet? exactly like my brother. happy belated birthday btw!
Esther*Crazygirlwithachainsaw..MWAHAHA!...hola* wrote: "hahaha im going into spanish, parcaly because we started it a little in third and first grade... ;P"haha rly? i can help u if u want haha
My sister's next year of college, she is going to France. She gets to spend the whole year there! I am so jealous.
ugh. thats crazy cool! my-my-sister is gonna be a senior at Harvard next year.
Megan wrote: "My sister's next year of college, she is going to France. She gets to spend the whole year there! I am so jealous."awesome! for her :(
Abbee *abz* wrote: "ugh. thats crazy cool! my-my-sister is gonna be a senior at Harvard next year."*jaw drops*
*makes scared expression* why did ur jaw drop?
lol. I'm used to the whole harvard's the best school in the world lecture thing now. no need to go into that. ya, my sis is really smart but cool. she's not a nerd, thank god!
ya. my whole family is! but i dont wanna go to harvard like her. i wanna go to stanford..become an author.
im a genius - no kidding, i just dont choose to act it! my SATS were enough to get me into the local college, and im 13 :P
Haha, I took the ACT when I was 11 and in sixth grade. My composite score was 25, which was way higher than a lot of juniors and seniors.
I am smart. That is the extent of my knowledge of my abilities.
Abbee *abz* wrote: "ya. my whole family is! but i dont wanna go to harvard like her. i wanna go to stanford..become an author."my dad wants me 2 go 2 oxford or cambridge :D
I want to go to somewhere in England, maybe oxford or something. Or Columbia. Or maybe NYU, I wouldent want to go to Harvord though. Im not trying bragging or anything but my SAT scores were incredible.
my sats were awsome.im just worried about my GCSE's
even though theyre in 3 years time they seem to be coming quickly...i shouldnt worry though cuz my maths group is already at GCSE stage..
my mom wants me to be a dr but im super squeamish when it comes to blood and stuff blech
The only kind of doctor I could be is an optomitrist(sp?) or something to do with the brain.
optometrist i think
thats cool! idk i want to be, cuz i wanna make ppl feel better :P but i dont think i cud b able to keep my llunch down :-[
thats cool! idk i want to be, cuz i wanna make ppl feel better :P but i dont think i cud b able to keep my llunch down :-[
Catherine wrote: "my mom wants me to be a dr but im super squeamish when it comes to blood and stuff blech"ur like my dad
he faints when he sees blood, idk why
like once they were doing this thing on him 2 c if he had any heart problems, it starts with an e i cant remember :P
anyways, so they were taking blood from him and he closed his eyes but he cud hear them say stuff like "that syringe is rly fat" so he fainted, like his heart stopped beating and it was rly scary caz all these emergency lights went on and all these ppl came rushing in....
Ahhh!!! Omg that is scary!! Ya, i just....ugh very squeamish i guess u cud say when it comes to that stuff! Like for a cholesterol test i knw they draw blood and im
Like ewwwwww!! So i eat lots of cheerios in the hopes that ill never have to worry about that!!
Like ewwwwww!! So i eat lots of cheerios in the hopes that ill never have to worry about that!!
Catherine wrote: "im a genius - no kidding, i just dont choose to act it! my SATS were enough to get me into the local college, and im 13 :P"whoa
Lol i cudnt go to college yet i mean of course u have to do waaayyy more stuff but not had for an 8th grader, right? lol
im rly confused, everyones talking about SATsdont u take them in like 11 or 12th grade???
it was in the newspaper once, there was a girl who was 13 and she got admission in oxford
WOW! thats definitely not me...
ya, theyre like, the ones u take 4 college while ur in highschool but i took it already just so i would be able to c wat it was like and how it was etc so i would be prepared for it when i do it again. i took it with my friend, but she was in the other room with one of the guys we knew and i was in the other with the other guy we knew, it wasnt that bad it was just long. but we got ice cream after!!
ya, theyre like, the ones u take 4 college while ur in highschool but i took it already just so i would be able to c wat it was like and how it was etc so i would be prepared for it when i do it again. i took it with my friend, but she was in the other room with one of the guys we knew and i was in the other with the other guy we knew, it wasnt that bad it was just long. but we got ice cream after!!
My tips is denie you have it and write a bunch of random things maybe or maybe not relating to your topic until an idea pops into your head. Or eat some ice cream. Ice cream makes everything better.
now u got me wanting ice cream juliet! thanks!
I have writers blocks for weeks sometimes years. Depends on my mood. I usually wait for inspiration.
Don't force yourself to write.
I usually watch a movie or read a book that has something to do what the general idea of my topic, or like something about the era that I'm writing it in.
if u get stuck i heard to jsut write random pointless things to keep ur juices flowing until u get an idea again, but dont give up
Huneeya wrote: "Catherine wrote: "my mom wants me to be a dr but im super squeamish when it comes to blood and stuff blech"
ur like my dad
he faints when he sees blood, idk why
like once they were doing this thin..."
That's scary! I had a teacher like that. He was in another class, reading Where the Red Fern Grows, and there's a part that gets gorey, so he sat down and ended up fainting. He was fine though.
ur like my dad
he faints when he sees blood, idk why
like once they were doing this thin..."
That's scary! I had a teacher like that. He was in another class, reading Where the Red Fern Grows, and there's a part that gets gorey, so he sat down and ended up fainting. He was fine though.
Reading is the best way to get over some writer's block or....http://writeordie.drwicked.com/
it's kinda a game, and if you don't keep writing it starts making things quite annoying and if you keep silent it starts erasing your work! Obviously you shouldn't use this for work that you're afraid of lozing, but it's fun to get going and it's not too hard to ctl+a then ctl+c just to make sure everything gets copied.
Sometimes the songs that are supposed to be annoying are fun though, but at least when you make it to your goal you get a sense of accomplishment.
Oooooo. I could use that if I wasn't so dang busy! Writing is what I want to do with my life, but now that I'm in College, the time for it (time aside from school) seems to have all but vanished! Could be that my school load is perhaps a little punishing....
Katie wrote: "im having trouble with writers block and have no idea how to get over it, any one got some ideas please?"Sometimes it helps to go outside and just look at nature's beauty:the sky and flowers and such. I know it sounds corny, but turn on some music (stuff that you don't listen to all the time, so that you can't just tune it out) and observe what's around you for an hour or half-hour. Take a walk, take some pictures, just focus on the beauty and peacefulness. It may not always help you directly figure out a plot point or anything, but it helps put things in perspective and makes you much more confident and ready to write. It also clears your mind and helps your thoughts to organize for better ideas. Of course, like Maryam said, there is no one tried-and true "cure-all" for writer's block, so play around with different things, and definnitely give yourself some time. If all else fails, put it aside and write about something-anything!-that comes to mind, even if it's just what happened to you that day. Hope this helps!
Sometimes what I do is I read all I have written so far no matter how long it takes me and then most of the time I see a way of how to continue.
Force yourself to get through it, or you can go back an edit it all. But mostly, if you just sit down and make yourself writing, and go back and edit it later, it works.
yea, thats what i doi just WRITE no matter how bad then go back and edit once im done with the whole novel
p.s. KRISS ONCE UR DONE WITH UR NANO I BET U CUD TTLY GET IT PUBLISHED, I NEED 2 READ THE REST OF IT!
My tips for ridding W.B. (I went to a writing workshop about a year ago and went to a session on this, and there are the ones I found most helpful)~ Change location you are writing in and your medium (laptop, desktop, notebook, looseleaf, restaurant napkins...)
~ Stare at a wall and just start describing it with all the words you've got until your thought start flowing again.
~Start a new file (or flip to a new page, or grab another napkin) and time yourself for five minutes and just write, whatever comes to your mind, weather you are rambling on about how you can't think of anything to write, or all about your brothers pet rodents, JUST WRITE!
~Write down a list of the five or ten most weird or awkward words (for example yogurt, or sausage, or plasma) and write and use them all in 5 sentences or less, and work off your new crazy sentences
~ Just force yourself through it. Don't let yourself lift your fingers from the keyboard, or your pen from your page (or napkin). You can always edit afterwards. A first draft will always be a first draft, weather you force yourself through it and write it in a couple weeks, or you diligently try to piece together complex thoughts, hold yourself back and spend ten years on it.
wow! That is helpful! Do you write on napkins? Lol!
Niki wrote: "WRITER'S BLOCK DOESN'T EXIST!"You don't get writer's block?
Hope wrote: "Niki wrote: "WRITER'S BLOCK DOESN'T EXIST!"
You don't get writer's block?"
It's a theory that Brigid and Niki (and maybe others) have.
You don't get writer's block?"
It's a theory that Brigid and Niki (and maybe others) have.
