It's May already and my writing plan is not just going slowly, it has crashed and burned.I refuse to write pure slop for the exercise itself, but I am also lacking a fun setting to wrap around a more meaningful story.This is a thread to share tips about getting unstuck with your writing.
>>25246863drink more
>>25246865yes but nothing faggy like whisky, go for pastis mixed with a bit of water
"books for this feel?"
Just write
>>25246865>>25246867I am not against having a glass or a few, but:First, it's too unhealthy.Second, and more on-topic, drinking never brings me good ideas, but it brings me a headache and I can't do any writing the day after, because I want to sleep.
>>25246863Don't think
>>25246879you don't think Stephen King had a headache the morning after 9 tallboy beers and three grams of coke? get the fucking words on the page.
>>25246863>I refuse to write pure slop for the exercise itselfthats the worst part right there, you are supposed to shit out stuff until it becomes a habit and thats when you can begin to care about quality
>>25246863>I refuse to write pure slop for the exercise itself, but I am also lacking a fun setting to wrap around a more meaningful story.What is worse, this or having a mind completely governed by cliches that you shit out completely unoriginal and worthless garbage?
>>25246883Well, if I was Stephen King, I wouldn't have this problem anyway. And Bradbury didn't even need the booze or the dust to write without respite.>>25246878>>25246881I like outlining and as of today, my last outline hit a road bump and then collided with a roadside three.I can fill the page, but it does me no good, if it's just a lukewarm string of words that leads nowhere.
>>25246883Uhhhhh The cat ran across the street and got runned over yes the cat is dead
>>25246884Writing to exercise and build a habit is alright, but it can easily become a circle that never produces a readable story. Let alone a coherent long story.
>>25246898>easily become a circle that never produces a readable storya bit of a copeif you already have a habit this advice isnt useful for you but if you dont have one you need to get one because its the basis for everything else
>>25246891I think either you need to read more to replenish your imagination or that you need to let go of needing to write perfectly. Let the story out even if it's bad
>>25246900It's very easy to never write a structurally sound and interesting story even if you write 5k words a day.
>>25246909yes but you cant move to rigorous self-criticism if you dont have the capacity to pump out a certain amount of wordsthe issue is people believing that reaching that volume is what will turn them into a passable writer in the long run
>>25246863>share tips about getting unstuck with your writingYour pic contains the best one out there. In other words: get a story. Are you writing fantasy? Study mythology, folklore, old literature. Are you writing somethig more modern, psychological? Read everything like that.
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Usually i start out with a theme im interested in, like joy or grief or freedomthen i extend that by writing what is called a theme statement, this is basically an observation or opinion on the human condition.theme statement: sometimes id be willing to attain freedom at all coststhen i pick a subject, usually myself, but it could be anything, could be a bird.then i pick a tone, for instance, ill write it angry. but it could be any tone, like sarcastic, or sadthen i think about all those things and think a lot, and get to writing, i write poetry, so i try to think of sensory things like touch, taste, smell, image, and also metaphors
Writing is gay, just give up
Gaying is right, just give up.
>>25246969This is a good breakdown and a fairly common way to approach planning.A good reminder that you can break a central idea into it's elementary feeling or value.Returning to the OP, the main issue seems finding a fun subject. Unless, the core theme/idea itself is not engaging enough.So there are two solution to "changing the subject".One, changing the subject of the setting.Two, changing the core subject that acts as a theme.Easier said than done, but helpful nevertheless.
