Writers Block!

[Rachy]

I have a serious amount of Writers Block at the moment :rage: , I had to put a few things on hold because of my exams, and everytime I went to do something, I just had the nagging feeling of revision, but now their over, and I can't seem to get back into the swing of things! Can anyone help?

[Snukes]

Find a nice notebook - something comfy, something pleasant to write in, something pretty, really whatever tickles your fancy and just makes you happy - and start writing. Don't think, just write. Write about what you see, feel, want, think, anything. It can be stream of consciousness or it can be a little more structured, but keep your pen/pencil/marker/chalk/peacock quill moving. Fill up two or three pages. Set it aside, and don't think about it for an hour or two. When you come back, you're bound to giggle at some of the things you wrote, but I bet you'll also be surprised at some of the thoughts. Take it from there. See a poem? Pluck it out! Short story? Essay? Novel? Hehe. They have to sprout somewhere...

I've always learned that the hardest part of any kind of writing is just to start. Once you have SOMETHING on paper - no matter how mushy or non-sensicle, you can at least begin to give it form.

[seashell]

I have been planning to write a novel for years. Your advice to Rachy bodes well for me too. Thank you.

Seashell

[Sitaram]

If you can afford to do so, then get a small tape recorder, and disguise it as a cell phone. Walk around with a mike and people will think you are talking on your cell. They will not realize that you are collecting material for your writing as a stream of consciousness. You will feel free. As you wander, your mind will wander. Ideas will well up from deep within, with little effort. Your mind will drift over everything you have experienced and thought and read.

Then, transcribe the tape onto 3 x 5 cards. Sort the cards. Rank them. Add more cards. Create a skeleton, and outline, and slowly flesh it out. You are free. Nothing confines you. A page does not confine you. A pen does not slow you down.

Be regular with your routine. Try for 30 minutes to an hour in the morning, and 30 minutes to an hour at night, 5 or 6 days a week. On the weekend, only listen, transcribe and edit.

Get a website. Learn the few commands necessary to create pages. As your work becomes more substantial, post it to that site. Others may easily read. Post pages one weekend every month, or every other month.

[lavendar1]

Such good ideas! The aspiring writer within me thanks both Rachy and Sitaram, too.

If you wish to be a writer, write.
Epictetus

[Helga]

I had this a few weeks ago and I tried mono's thread in personal poetry I think, it's a poetry exersise, it turned out to be really helpfull, you should check it out. it didn't get my imagination flowing right away but it certainly helped.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4098

[bestseller]

It is not the target you are aiming for grasshopper. You are the target. There is no arrow. If this seems cryptic, as if to deliberately not make sense, that's because it is. I write comedy to convey my true inner madness through the art of hyperbole and metaphor. When I get writer's block, I like to blow stuff up. I play video games. when I put my stuff down for an hour or so, or even a day or so, the brain resets. Goofing off, water polo, or even auto jousting gets the creative juices flowing. I no longer need a license to play auto jousting. They can't take away anything now, can they?