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December 5, 2016 at 8:27 pm #22317
If so, did you want to punch Ross and did you cheer when Dimelza slapped him after that one episode?
ENFP - "One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane."
February 7, 2017 at 11:57 am #25562Well this topic died. š 3 monthsā¦
@graciegirl If you and @kate-flournoy want to talk about your MBTI, thatās what most of this topic ended up being about. I know nothing about it, so Iāll just let youā¦yeah. š
So, to fire this old thing up again, does anyone ever NOT want to planā¦or writeā¦or do anything, and you just procrastinate forever? Like, right now, I have this great idea, and I donāt want to plan, I try to write (it didnāt work). I just want it to exist. š People say to start from the endingā¦the problem is that I did, and now I can get to the end.
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February 7, 2017 at 11:58 am #25563Heh, emojis! I used four! š
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February 7, 2017 at 12:04 pm #25564@dragon-snapper *helps you perform CPR on discussion*
I do that too much. Itās like I want my finished novel in front of me without any work. š One way that helps me to bust that feeling is to remind myself why Iām writing in the first place.
I havenāt tried writing the ending first. I think I should, thoughā¦So, a few weeks ago, I was at the dinner table, and my dad asked me what I was thinking because I apparently had that ādeep lookā on my face. And so I told him. Haha. Oops. I went off on a trail about villainsā¦and their methodsā¦ And it didnāt really help that I started laughing at the Iām-kind-of-scared expressions on their faces. So yeah. Donāt look into the mind of a writer. š
Read to explore worlds, write to create them.
February 7, 2017 at 2:34 pm #25572@dragon-snapper Ha! My problem is exactly the opposite. I plan WAY too much, if thatās even possible, and then my stories never end up getting buckled down because I keep changing things. Which is hilarious, because when I first started writing (2 years ago, to be exact) I literally knew NOTHING about writing, period, and didnāt plan at all. Needless to say, Iām not editing anymore. Iām rewritingā¦ :/
@Sleepwalkingmk I so get that. My family thinks Iām a complete psychopath because I know the ways of villains a little too wellā¦ And it doesnāt help that some of my favorite literary/film characters are villainsā¦*breaks off into a peal of evil cackling*
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February 7, 2017 at 2:43 pm #25573@Dragon-Snapper not usually, but I seem to be in a slump right now and I think itās just because Iām so busy my brain is dead. Iāve been doing a ton of planning but by the time I get around to my writing time my brain is positively numb. *commiserates with you because she has no solution*
Actually maybe I do have a solution. I have noticed that when I set a pattern of FINISHING what I start and not just starting, itās easier to keep going. Set yourself manageable goals (one paragraph; one page) and check them off one at a time and take a minute to be satisfied at what you accomplished, then keep going.@sleepwalkingMK We have a heartbeat. š I wish I could sit at my computer and say āLet there be words!ā
@ethryndal Ewā¦rewriting. Howās that going for ya? Iām dreading that for when Iām finished editing my hard copyā¦
@kate-flournoy Not the slump! It must be a national things, because thatās me write now as well. I canāt seem to write anything. *somebody tell me to read more books* In the past few months Iāve probably only read two or three books in all. I have no motivation to read any more, though I know that itās crucial to writing. I NEED to try your solution.Recently, Iāve been in the writing slump, that Kate mentioned. I thought that Iād reached the end of my rope. Of course, I thought that years ago when I wrote my first stories. I reread it a few nights ago, and I realized how much my writing has grown. Trust me when I say itās better. š You all ever read stuff you wrote forever ago?
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February 9, 2017 at 12:15 pm #25652@Dragon-Snapper READ MORE BOOKS. š Do you like fantasy? Read The Songkeeper Chronicles, by Gillian Bronte Adams. The third book isnāt out yet but the first two are awesome. Do you like Saxon culture and coming-of-age? Read The Edge on the Sword, by Rebecca Tingle. Do you like medieval stories? The Red Keep and Rolf and the Viking Bow, both by Allen French. Also Dove in the Eagleās Nest, by Charlotte M. Younge if you can find it; itās really old. š
@kate-flournoy š Thanks, Iāll have to look into those.
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February 9, 2017 at 5:50 pm #25661@dragon-snapper Well, if itās any comfort, I doubt youāll have to do as much rewriting as me. My rewriting entails the entire book. Literally. If it werenāt so sad, it actually be kind of funny. But I hate rewriting, so itās NOT FUNNY. At all. *gnashes teeth and tears out hair*
Carry on. š
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February 10, 2017 at 12:09 pm #25684@ethryndal *doesnāt laugh* There, there. Itāll be alright. We writers make sacrificeses for the world, doesnāt we, precious?
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February 10, 2017 at 12:16 pm #25685@Ethryndal *gives you moral support and commiseration* I had to rewrite my entire WIP as well. It seemed impossible at the start, but now Iām almost done and though it still makes me want to tear my hair out sometimes itās really not so bad. It gets better, dear. It does. We promises. š
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