Apr 30, 2024
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@dduane uhoh! You are on their radar!
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Sid impresses his audience with his message AND awesome PowerPoint skills.
@dduane uhoh! You are on their radar!
Mr. Morwood, I have enjoyed your blog for quite a while and I have a question.
I have been writing since I was a kid and it's always been the only part of my life that I never stress over. Maybe the story is good; maybe it's not-- the important thing is that I had fun writing it. Even writer's block was rarely a problem. I could either take a break and wait it out or just Write Something Anything, and the words would start to flow like always.
For almost the past year, the words won't come. I can come up with ideas, sure, but when I sit down at the keyboard the sentences are clunky and my brain feels like a cat being given a pill. That's the worst part-- I'm fine with writing badly but this just isn't fun like it used to be. I've tried all the classic tricks, tried giving it time, tried finishing old projects, starting new ones, different font. Same result.
Since you're an experienced writer I hope I'm not out of line in asking, what do you do to break writer's block? How do you call the words back?
I wish I knew, but the state of my own WIP folder is an indication that I don't, and your comment (bolded) is one I can appreciate.
That's the worst part-- I'm fine with writing badly but this just isn't fun like it used to be. I've tried all the classic tricks, tried giving it time, tried finishing old projects, starting new ones, different font. Same result.
Confronted with all The Usual Suggestions, I can add the one which isn't there: have you tried reverting to pen / pencil / notebook and writing in longhand "for spontaneity"?
I'm somewhat acquainted (heh!) with a much better, more experienced writer than me, so I'm going to tag @dduane in on this.
Tumblr won't let me reblog the originals, so here, have some screenshots.
Zines purchased tick, con bad behaviour of guests as a con runner tick (shan't tell) , finding batteries for the con mics by sabotaging hotel equipment who me never!, collecting for the con charity by going out in cosplay and performing scenes on the street, getting an entire hotel booked filled for all the con attendees, (room parties with con guests turning up & the only room left for them being to stand in the bath and they stood in the bath & enjoyed the party), standing at the con bar at 3 am and the only one being sober, that guy who slept under the stage a lot (hey Rich I've still got your leather jacket), Paramount suing people I knew, the kiddies in cosplay and TERRY PRATCHETT IN A HAT LISTENING TO US IN THE HOTEL LOBBY
Fandom fossil. Proud to be a fandom fossil. Join in my fandom spaces which I helped shape for us all. Stop telling me to think badly of my survival of well over a half century of fan activity. JICTAR rating reporting member aged 3. Dr Who/Trek & Anderson fan then and now, and written sci fi. If you youngsters are smart you can learn lots from us. Can you be smart, or just loud about hating things that are different?
“middle aged women shouldn’t participate in fandom” and you think it’s teenagers that are writing those brilliant, incisive 100k fics of you
Read @dduane additions to the above linked post that prompted this posted addition.
With all the stuff going on with the courts in Alabama, I think today is a good day to revisit this topic.