Abandoned Forum

[Astarte]

What does one do to overcome writer's block?

The story is imagined, the plot is laid out, the notes, the sub-plots, the chapters ....................sigh. No thought of abandoning the project is entertained.

Yet, the two-finger typist/storyteller finds it all too hard. Is it because this weekend she is entirely alone without a thousand interruptions to distract her. Is there no challenge in writing undisturbed?

Sigh.............

[Cherokee_girl]

I overcome the horrible problem of writer's block by reading a book in the same genre of that which I am writing in or working on a different story of mine. After a day or two I come back and learn I can work again.

The thing that bugs me, though, is when I get writer's block on one story and move on to another to work through it and get block there too! It frustrates me.

[Pimienta]

When faced with writers block I take a nap

while you sleep your characters softly call to you
They tell you their story and only you can set them free
ever so softly but then your eyes slowly open and the voices you can't remember remain and you reach out your fingers for them and you can feel everything about them and then when you begin to write that world that you can't remember comes to life the ink on the page reminds you of the whispers but you still can't tell all for all would take a million years to write

[nil]

Writer's Block?

I usually use a hammer. If that doesn't work, read a book (a book is usually better than a hammer and less painful).

And ideas usually appear at the most inconvenient time, when you have no writing utensils to drop it down.

[thesinofmylips]

The story is imagined, the plot is laid out, the notes, the sub-plots, the chapters ....................sigh.

Sigh.............

you're doing much better than me.
trust me.

[Astarte]

It seems I can't write unless the house is full of noise from my family!

They went away for the weekend and it was too quiet I think I write to escape!!

[thesinofmylips]

I know exactly what you mean.
I find it really hard to concentrate in complete silence.
Which is why i suck at tests.

[Astarte]

Even though I was "Slacker Girl" at school (See quizzes) I 've always loved tests.

I think it's because I need to really focus to get my thoughts going and I can do that now with family noise and in tests because of the pressure??? Does that make sense? Different kinds of pressure maybe......