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Sometimes I play a Solitaire while thinking, or walk. I believe in writing from where you are, because where you are is where you are, and it seems to good later when something is written.
posted by
Azur
on October 24, 2009 at 5:08 AM
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Pat
I'm glad you are writing your way through the block, Pat. Azur's advice to write from where you are, is very interesting. I think I'll be doing a lot of it next month.
posted by
johnmacnab
on October 24, 2009 at 1:27 AM
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Pat_B
Whenever I have writer's block, it's really because I'm not happy with some aspect of what I've written or what I have planned. There's a character that doesn't fit or a plot hole large enough to drive a truck through and I haven't figured out how to fix it. The old saying, when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you do is stop digging, comes into play and I can't proceed until the problem is solved.
posted by
Talion_
on October 23, 2009 at 8:45 PM
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PatB
I'm like TAPS and I'm about ready to get back to video games, good luck breaking out luv.
posted by
WileyJohn
on October 23, 2009 at 6:08 PM
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I don't care what Missy Azur says, I cannot write when I'm slumping. All I can do in a slump at the PC is play FreeCell, MahjongTitans or Poppit and let my mind run free.
posted by
TAPS.
on October 23, 2009 at 4:20 PM
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actually darling the ending made me want more.It just wasn't a finished
story is all and that means I will be buying the sequel of course.
I have set myself the task of finishing Tom Ugly this winter and I HAVE TOLD SO MANY PEOPLETHAT NOW i HAVE TO DO IT. GRRRRRRRRRRR LOL Go for it love and good luck
posted by
Kabu
on October 23, 2009 at 9:49 AM
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Ms Block will fly out the window! Anyway, oon I'll be back in my belovd US of A and one of my first actions will be to order the zombie book.
posted by
vogue
on October 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM
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Re: Pat.
That sounds like very sound advice Ian. Good luck Pat! Glad to know that the sessions at the computer help.
posted by
elinjo
on October 23, 2009 at 8:13 AM
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Pat.
I think you are an extraordinary writer. Your poem a few days ago was wonderful. As for Ms Block screwing up your thoughts, I recommend doing what I do, take a notebook and write down everything you see and hear. When you go to the suprmarket, write down the banter between the checkout person and the customer. Wherever you are, that notebook will give you so many ideas, angles, and dialogue you'll wonder how you lived without it. Now bear in mind, that there will be times when the notebook can stay at home on the computer table, and so it should. But I believe you can beat writer's block - simply because you have talent. To you I say, WRITE ON!
posted by
Hackthorne19
on October 23, 2009 at 6:55 AM
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