Are You Writing Serious Fantasy? II - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elennar Starfire · 10-01-2004, 07:02 PM

Ah, I at last am rid of my Writer's Block! *sighs happily* Now, to find those papers I wrote it all on...

Imladris · 10-01-2004, 07:25 PM

Ah, but how did you break the block?

Nimrodel_9 · 10-02-2004, 12:16 PM

I do that too, Encaitare. I am inspired by the things I see or hear, and create people or ideas from it. In the story I am writing right now, I really don`t have a plot. I make it up as I go, though sometimes I get ahead of myself and dream up ideas to put in later. My Literature teacher has been trying to stress the importance of brainstorming, clusters, and prewriting lately, but very seldom do I use them. I store all my ideas in my head.

Elennar Starfire · 10-02-2004, 07:41 PM

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Ah, but how did you break the block?

I don't really know...it just went away.

Encaitare · 10-02-2004, 07:51 PM

Once I was complaining about my writer's block to one of my favorite fanfiction authors, and she told me that writer's block is just a state of mind. Surprisingly, thinking on her words of wisdom helped lift the block! Maybe it'll work for someone else too...

Imladris · 10-02-2004, 08:53 PM

Yes, I have heard that too, Encaitare, and when you view Writer's Block as an illusion, it does help wonders. Unfortunately, it's easier to say that than do it.

I have found that if you do have writer's block, it pays to write about anything. I consider it the equivalent of an artist's doodlings...only you're writing the doodlings.

Elennar Starfire · 10-03-2004, 07:19 PM

Maybe it was the strange journal prompt my English teacher gave us...she put a strange picture on the board, of a man about to hit a lump under the carpet with a chair (meaning he was going to use the chair to hit the lump, not that the lump had a chair) and said to make up a story for what's going on. I had a bit of fun with that...the really great thing is that she's got lots of these pictures.

Tales of accidental toadification, baby rocks that come skipping back...

*is rambling again* Sorry about that...

Anyways, I suppose I would recommend thinking of something amusing and writing about it.

10-01-2004, 07:02 PM	#1
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	Ah, I at last am rid of my Writer's Block! sighs happily Now, to find those papers I wrote it all on... __________________ Don't let me die!

10-01-2004, 07:25 PM	#2
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	Ah, but how did you break the block? __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry.

10-02-2004, 12:16 PM	#3
Nimrodel_9 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Utah Posts: 734	I do that too, Encaitare. I am inspired by the things I see or hear, and create people or ideas from it. In the story I am writing right now, I really don`t have a plot. I make it up as I go, though sometimes I get ahead of myself and dream up ideas to put in later. My Literature teacher has been trying to stress the importance of brainstorming, clusters, and prewriting lately, but very seldom do I use them. I store all my ideas in my head. __________________ .:A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart:.

10-02-2004, 08:53 PM	#6
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	Yes, I have heard that too, Encaitare, and when you view Writer's Block as an illusion, it does help wonders. Unfortunately, it's easier to say that than do it. I have found that if you do have writer's block, it pays to write about anything. I consider it the equivalent of an artist's doodlings...only you're writing the doodlings. __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry.

10-03-2004, 07:19 PM	#7
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	Maybe it was the strange journal prompt my English teacher gave us...she put a strange picture on the board, of a man about to hit a lump under the carpet with a chair (meaning he was going to use the chair to hit the lump, not that the lump had a chair) and said to make up a story for what's going on. I had a bit of fun with that...the really great thing is that she's got lots of these pictures. Tales of accidental toadification, baby rocks that come skipping back... is rambling again Sorry about that... Anyways, I suppose I would recommend thinking of something amusing and writing about it. __________________ Don't let me die! Last edited by Elennar Starfire; 10-03-2004 at 07:20 PM. Reason: addition of a word I missed the first time...silly me.

10-02-2004, 07:51 PM	#5
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	Once I was complaining about my writer's block to one of my favorite fanfiction authors, and she told me that writer's block is just a state of mind. Surprisingly, thinking on her words of wisdom helped lift the block! Maybe it'll work for someone else too...