The gravel crunches rhythmically with each step. The scent of dew soaked grass and damp wood fills the air. Lingering in mouth were the tastes of stale coffee and cigerette smoke. The near silence was broken when The Old Man spoke:
"It is quite simple to change the world" as he reaches down and gets a handful of sand, letting it slowly sift through his fingers "See?"
I said nothing just walked. I could feel his eyes move downward into a sorrowful stare. A pain of guilt hit me in the gut like a fist.
2006-08-15 12:05:12 · 12 answers · asked by Red Yeti 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The theme of my story is Schizophrenia and Lucid dreams. The Old Man is a delusion. Reality and fantasy become blurred together.
2006-08-15 14:19:42 · update #1
Pick a main character in you story, pick a totally unrelated place/scenario for them to be in, write down ideas on what would have to happen in your story for a connection to be made between the first two items.
This may seem futile, but it will help you flesh out your characters and give you insight into what may happen to them in you real story…
2006-08-15 12:14:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe to daze of in the characters contemplation - I want to know what he thought of what the Old Man said. But briefly interrupt with scenes from the forest (I believe the scenery is a forest, right?) - he's walking and thinking. Etc...
If you have a concept, stick to it, if not, make one - it'll help. Don't immediately take a brake if it's not working - try for some time. If there's still nothing, pause for a while but don't feel bad about it - just let the outside creep into you - there will be something from it!
2006-08-15 13:20:40 · answer #2 · answered by Uros I 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(there is gotta be) greater to life, Stacie Orrico you will desire to shop on trukkin'. I advise finding up writing workouts online and doing a sprint of those to get into the temper, then start up on your tale returned and notice if that helped. i've got been engaged on a similar tale for over a year, and that's a protracted time for me. What i locate helps is that if i'm getting caught, i will do character progression workouts, or i will write in regards to the historic previous in my tale, or panorama descriptions. in actuality, i will write issues approximately my tale that may not unquestionably be contained in the tale, yet they're solid references, and that they help build up my international in my strategies. Then i'm able to circulate back to my tale nonetheless contained in the "zone" I even have whilst i'm writing there. wish this helped! Sorry for the jumbled sentences, i'm a sprint drained...
2016-09-29 07:41:16 · answer #3 · answered by bradberry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
break time! focus on something other than your writing. visit friends. go out to dinner. stroll through an art gallery. go running.
when you are ready, let your writing return to your thoughts. you must focus on the essence of your work, not the stress of the writer's block. try to become your character. ask yourself simple questions about how he would behave in certain situations, and why. what are his feelings toward various issues? what are his strengths and how is he weak?
then, ease yourself, as this character, back into the setting of the work you are stumbling on. trust the words that emerge. you know the one through whom you are speaking.
the beautiful thing about writing is that you have the power to slice, splice, slash, and spice.
good luck!
2006-08-15 13:14:19 · answer #4 · answered by bdazz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read, read, and read. What form are you trying to write? Screenplay? Novel? Short story? Whatever form that is, get a hold of as much material in that form as you can (preferably unpublished/nonproduced) and just read, read, read. There are plenty of writer's sites on the web with people submitting/exchanging work to keep you busy - a great one is www.zoetrope.com . Dive in and read as much as you can.
Keep the flow of words coming in and pretty soon you will have no choice but to let the flow of words continue out.
Don't stress, just read.
2006-08-15 12:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When he spoke again he said "Your not like the sand, you've become more than you are". Why did the Old Man speak in half hearted riddles that I cared neither to hear or remember?
2006-08-15 14:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Step away for a while; take a nice drive in the country or listen to a stimulating symphony.
2006-08-15 12:10:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't stress about it, read new genre of books that you don't usually read to get fresh ideas. CS Lewis always said to let your writings hybernate for awhile. and some of the greatest writers of all time finished their masterpiece after many many years.
Don't feel low...
2006-08-15 18:38:33 · answer #8 · answered by >ScouT< 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like sands through an hour glass, so are the days of our lives...
2006-08-15 12:09:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What relaxes you? thinking about writer's block won't.
Go somewhere totally unconnected to your writing space.....somewhere that relaxes and inspires you......
Life is your inspiration. Everywhere around you is your story begging for it's debut.......it's whether you choose to cast (your mind upon)it.
2006-08-15 12:26:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋