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Posted: 7/12/2005 2:05:32 PM | | For Marita: moto-journalism invlolves writing about cars, such as in Car and Driver magazine etc., or motorcycles in my case. I am Associate Publisher of a major national motorcycle touring and travelling magazine and a Contributing Editor for several others, have hundreds of published stories to my name, and have even appeared on TV on a few occasions. I have also written about 50 poems (in my youth) and had several of them published, and wrote about 50 songs for my band (also in younger days). So I've been honing a creative methodology that works for me, for some time now. That having been said, you are absolutely right. It may not work for everyone. | |
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Posted: 7/12/2005 4:42:28 PM | My,.. my,... Pet Lion,...I'm impressed,..
I hope you dont think I was being condascending when I asked about Moto journalism,...this was not my intent,...thanks for informing me,...(and I even watch "orange county chopper's" from time to time,....)go figure eh?
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Posted: 7/22/2008 4:08:03 PM |
The best way to get past "feeling" blocked is to simply write...brainstorm...put whatever comes to mind down...even if it is "Hmmn, I am bored and cannot figure out what to write about...this really sucks...I guess I could write about...."
A friend of mine who published 8 books works every day.. writes all the time. 8 hours a day. he sits down 7am and finishes at 4pm like he is in any kind of a job.
I also use brainstorming, or simply I do very silly things like dancing in front of mirror or talking in a funny voice, anything really just to get me going..
But now it has been several months I haven't touched my project. I get worried. I have been left by my family to work in peace, they are all gone for a long holiday and today is my first day.
Instead of writing I chat to people a lot and same time I am very nervous knowing what I need to do but I am not doing :( :( | |
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Posted: 7/27/2008 4:45:15 PM | Writers Block...hmmm tried writing some sci fi many years ago. Mentally quite painfully. I would go as far as to say writing fiction is unnatural. (perhaps there is a parallel here in other entertainment areas with all the comics for example who suffer from depression eg Spike Milligan etc)
I was given some advice some years ago. If you want to write you have got to have something to write about. By analogy, people never want to "use a computer" outside of a particular goal they wish to obtain with it. In non fiction at least , "writing" is a a way of communicating knowledge that the non-writer lacks. | |
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Posted: 7/28/2008 6:47:54 AM | Writer's block. Sux. I've been writing professionally for about 15 years now (and avocationally for longer) and have come to realize that the biggest contributor to writer's block is the need to get past writer's block. :^P
I find that time is such a precious resource in these hectic days that we resent spending any of that valuable time in anything but the most lofty pursuits. Like writing the next Great American Novel (or Canadian in my case). And so, every time we lift pen and threaten to put it to paper, the weight of responsibility stops us. Can't write a word, because the whole enchilada isn't sussed out yet. I don't know how it ends, so I can't start in case the ending I end up with isn't worth the precious time. We put so much pressure on ourselves to create greatness that, instead, we create nothing.
Freefall. Start with a word, doesn't even have to have anything to do with your nascent story (but it's better if it does). Let's say the word, or concept, is "winter" because your story is set in the winter. And here's the hard part. Write without thinking. Let the word just send you anywhere, even to nonsense places. Just. Write. No filters, no editors. Just. Write. So:
Winter. Snow dazzling down in darkness spinning slowly, and cold, cold, cold. Tiny hairs of ice on lips melt quickly in the warmth of the porch,with dogs and children and laughter at the puddles on the oak floor, blonde wood shining under the flourescent lights, zipping, zapping, flickering like tiny ceiling epileptics... you get it.
Maybe you won't end up with greatness...but maybe after 15 minutes you'll have some interesting thoughts, fruitful triggers, and inspiration. Or maybe not. But at least you wrote something with real words.
Cheers,
John | |
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Posted: 7/30/2008 7:35:03 AM | I do not know if everyone is the same but when I'm too comfrotable or too complacent I cannot write.
For the last 3 months I was stuck at about halfway on my first novel. Then a lot has happened and now all I can do is write. I am happy writing now because I feel like I'm creating art again. You muct remember the emotional aspects of your works I'd say. Try to re-connect and re-evaluate things. Your muse will return but you got to find it. | |
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Posted: 8/3/2008 2:01:02 AM | Raymond Chandler once said: "When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand."
If you're stuck, pick a character and have something dramatic happen to him/her. What would you do in that situation? What would the "perfect person" do? Think of someone you know, how would they respond?
One of the things I've noticed by talking to people (and having people's personal lives relayed to me by curious 3rd parties) is that anything can happen. You can take the nicest person you've ever met, and guaranteed they know someone who knows someone who's killed someone or done something awful. Writing non-fiction? Have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand. Not literal, mind you, but figurative. Introduce a new character and flesh him out for the reader. Relate a backstory about a figure you know that's gone through the same situation. That may help you get back on track. | |
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Posted: 8/3/2008 9:42:39 AM | To the OP:
If you've got writers block, I find forgetting about writing for a while and concentrating on reading the kind of stuff you're trying to write, instead, helps. | |
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