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 Post subject: The Highs and Lows of Inspiration
PostPosted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:25 pm 
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I believe one of the toughest things to do, as a writer, is to push through those moments when inspiration is at low tide.

I'd like some feedback on the tricks others use, and I'll share my own, to get through those periods of low brain activity.

Do you stare at the wall? Write anything, just to see if the act of putting pen to page (does anyone besides me actually write ideas out longhand first?) jogs something? Do you read a book to get the creative juices flowing again? Go for a run outside? I'll list a few of the methods I use, and hopefully some of you will share yours.

1. Change the music!
I almost always play music while I work, and sometimes all it takes is the right piece of music to give me an idea, or at the very least, something to write about when nothing else seems to come.

2. A Night on the Town.
Sometimes a trip to the art museum, public museum, or just a stroll by the lake (Michigan, in my case, here in Milwaukee), is enough to give me ideas.

3. Boxcar Willy!
I've found that putting down what I'm doing and just working on something else can be a great way to dislodge whatever boulders are in my path, story wise.

The hardest thing to do, for me personally, is write on the days where it feels like I have nothing interesting to say, and my brain is apparently gone mush.
Share your ideas and advice on how you get through writer's block :)


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 Post subject: Re: The Highs and Lows of Inspiration
PostPosted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 7:21 pm 
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My main problem with my "writing" is that i have too many ideas and cant sort through them, and when i do i cant commit to one because later, the next day, 2 weeks later, a month(s) later i come up with something i consider better, and it goes on like that.

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 Post subject: Re: The Highs and Lows of Inspiration
PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:58 am 
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ErickCruz wrote:
My main problem with my "writing" is that i have too many ideas and cant sort through them, and when i do i cant commit to one because later, the next day, 2 weeks later, a month(s) later i come up with something i consider better, and it goes on like that.

That happens to a lot of writers, even me. a relative of mine (who to is a writer) came up with the idea of this.
When you have so many ideas in your head, write down those ideas as notes. Making notes helps you organize your creativity; and after writing them down, just sort them in sequential order, this also helps you develop the plot of your story as well.
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I however do have a problem myself. I am more of a story writer, not a comic writer. And i have this whole plot in my head for a graphic novel i'd like to do. But i'm worried that the direction of my writing would hinder me to do my pencilling (yes, i'm doing everything on my own). I also don't know how to write the story in comic-book-form either. At times like this i feel that my story is a lost cause~.

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