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Ascendent Logic

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Any of the great writers here have a method of getting past it? I have a rough idea of what I want to write, but I just can't do it anymore for some reason SMILEY



Systemic Anomaly

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I'm by no means a great writer, or able to give advice from a position of authority.  All I can suggest is that you don't try too hard, and don't write anything down until you see most of the picture in your head beforehand.  Once you see it in your head, get it down on paper immediately whilst it's fresh. 

My eight chapters of Memories.Dreams.Addictions came from just one simple idea I had of a waitress as I was just sat, reading in a coffee shop.  I asked someone behind the counter for a pen, 'liberated' a few pages from one of their newspapers and furiously scrawled it all down whilst it was new.  What followed turned out to be three of the first four chapters, and what I learned from that was the vast importance of getting it all down quickly.  I wrote all the dialogue between ex and the priest in that sudden creative burst, and didn't change a thing later on.  Whether or not that's a good thing is debateable, but what was striking was the fluidity with which dialogue etc came to me.  Hence the importance of grabbing that pen/keyboard immediately.  I wasn't thinking whilst confronted with the dreaded blank page, I was just transferring the story to another medium.

I whole-heartedly believe that if it's gonna come, it will eventually.  Once it does however, you better be ready.  Hopefully once you record it, it turns out to be a great idea and something you can run with. 

I actually still have a couple of the original pages, augmented to disguise the creative process SMILEY

 

My overall point is that you can't rush what hopefully turns out to be inspiration.  If you try to force it, you may come up with something, but it won't represent your true potential.  I didn't have any ideas for months, then I stopped PvP'ing for a while and it cleared the path so to speak.  Distractions are a terrible source of procrastination.

I hope this was even the slightest bit helpful.  Everyone's different, so the process may be nothing like mine, so this was far from gospel.

I hope that big idea hits you soon, Oranos.  


Message edited by exsuscito on 04/17/2007 05:44:04.



Ascendent Logic

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Yeah, I don't really seem to get sudden inspirations like that SMILEY I usually get an idea into my head, then slowly build upon it. Then, when I have some time, write it down in plan form. I've actually done all of that, but I just don't know how I want to start it, and don't seem compelled to write like I used to. Maybe I'll just feel in the mood some day soon like you said.



Systemic Anomaly

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I find when I have writers block that going somewhere that has a great view, is in the open with fresh air helps especially if you just chill on a field and listen to some music. For instance I go here



Beautiful view, I relax on that field and listen to music; close my eyes and let a story come to me.



Systemic Anomaly

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If I knew how to get past it, then 'Wake to a Nightmare would already be done'

Generally, though, I find inspiration here and there, from just my own musings to observation of the world around me. I try RPing ingame sometimes, performing the events of the story and using them as a basis. But the main thing is for you to let it come. That, more than anything else, is the 'cure'

Writing, as I'm sure you know, is a process that can't be rushed.

 
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