My favorite method, listening to music, isn't working so well today, is there anything else that works for you? (Note: it's very cold out, and I don't want to go for a walk!)
What would really help in this particular case is another extraneous character, but I seem to have used them all up. I really just need something to jump start my inspiration again...
2006-11-04 13:20:34 · 14 answers · asked by Yakka 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Just take a moment to relax and watch the tube. Sometimes you need to let your brain rest a day or two, then you can usually go back at it with no problem. Good luck.
2006-11-04 13:23:51 · answer #1 · answered by 2"CUTE"2B30 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've found that I get writer's block when I'm thinking too much. Prompt writing can help me stop thinking and start writing. Then, when I get back to my project, things seem to go easier.
I keep a hat full of strips of paper with prompts, set the timer for 10 minutes and just write. The idea is that the pen has to keep moving for the whole 10 minutes so I just write what comes to mind. The prompts can really be anything at all that will stir an idea. I like to use newspaper headlines.
2006-11-04 23:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by WrenRae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep writing. Write even if you don't have a clear idea of where you want to go, think about your characters and what they would do in different situations (even silly situations like being launched into space, or getting trapped on a desert island). This might spark some creative ideas for the actual story.
If that doesn't work, put it aside for a day, clear your mind and watch your favourite film or read your favourite book. Re-read over what you've already written and see if you can pick up your loose threads.
2006-11-05 04:28:26 · answer #3 · answered by Jez 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually have several different stories going at the same time, and when I get blocked on one, I go to a different one--usually I find I'm not blocked on the story I move to. If I am, I start writing fan fiction...for my eyes only, mind! I just pick a favorite book/movie, ask "what if...?" and off I go. Sometimes I find that I've solved my dilemma in my original story after writing in that fashion.
If even -that- doesn't work, I just shut off the word processor and go do something completely different--watch a movie, play a game, make something to eat, or get some sleep. Sometimes your brain just gets worn out.
2006-11-04 21:36:21 · answer #4 · answered by perelandra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Writer's block is forcing yourself to produce. Stop forcing. Stop writing or write whatever junk or jewel appears and let it go. The muses seeing your sincerity will put you into a pack of trouble that
will take away the knot of the flat notion of one dimension and in solvingyour problem or talking to another you will come back refreshed with an idea already in mind.
Second way hinging upon the first is after coming back with a new personal problem write anything from your heart, poem, letter to God thanking him for your blessings, anger song entirely away from your first piece of writing. Stop making this first piece of writing the sum of your world. Go to sleep and have beautiful dreams. These buffers add to your life and so the block which is drying up your stream of passion will dissipate.
2006-11-04 21:51:19 · answer #5 · answered by wannaknowanswer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WEll, I find the best thing is to just write. I know this sounds simplistic, but sometimes just tapping out words on the keyboard without thinking "oh, this has to be part of the story" can be liberating.
Second thing you could try is to take your charactors and stick them in another, non-story-related locale and write through that scene as just exploring another aspect of the charator without committing to another few pages in your story that you might feel obligated to remove later....
2006-11-04 21:43:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beating a writer's block is never going to be easy for the best of persons. What works with me may not work for you, obviously.But I think meditation,yoga, breathing and physical exercise might help. For some, a bout of prayer might also help. Try.
2006-11-04 21:38:17 · answer #7 · answered by kambha 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a plotting problem. Have you got all the technical stuff in line? Theme, premise. Goal, motivation, and conflict of each character. If these are out of whack for me I get mired down and nothing gets me out till I figure it out.
2006-11-05 07:56:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to combat writer's block is to read something you really enjoyed over again.
2006-11-05 00:25:41 · answer #9 · answered by moonfreak♦ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I enjoy writing a basic sentence, and then thinking about it, and expanding it to get my imagination going.
The sentence should be unrelated and used just to prod the words and emotions that you are looking for.
Sort of like Snoopy sitting ast the typewriter with his opening line.
2006-11-04 21:28:27 · answer #10 · answered by wi_saint 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋