Getting mad helps sometimes, taking walks, people watching, listening to music.
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I just write. Anything. Everything. It doesn't matter if it's a part of my book or not, the point is that if your writing, you aren't feeling trapped again. Pick any topic and write about it. Try writing everyday, if possible, at least until the plot bunnies hop back. It works, really. If this doesn't work out too well, then take a little break and relax, then go back to writing. Listening to music, (wordless music works the best for me), also helps. Just find the thing that helps get you writing and use it.
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I jasmine up a relationship. I break up with someone, I make someone mad at me.
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I go outside and take a walk or kick a soccer ball around. Usually, after I go back inside, I'm ready to write again. If that doesn't work, I go online to read fanfiction; that always helps! You can't live your whole life reading only your own writing. That could get dull.
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I read. Voraciously. I am always able to get ideas and inspiration by just sticking my head into someone else's work
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I fall in love.
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i don't think writer's block exists! i think it's an invention - something made up by corporations. you know, that whole "hallmark" thing - let "us" tell you what is "true", what is the "correct" thing to say, the "perfect" thing to say in any given situation. it's about taking back your power. trusting your guts. not giving it away to someone, or something. "writer's block"... pffft!
love,
katina xx
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(as crazy and/or stupid this may sound, it actually works)
i look to the left of me, then to the right, then back to the left, and then back down at my paper. Usually, it clears my head, and i can write a bit more. =)
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My friend gave me a stress ball with the words "Writer's Block" written across it and I just squeez the heck out of it when I'm frustrated.
If that doesn't work, another good thing is start. The worst part is getting past the beginning, once you pass it, no matter how bad it is, you just start to flow. The beginning can be anything! A cliche, a phrase your friend uttered, anything! You don't even have to have a plot or idea when you first start, but as you keep writing it will start to come to you, and once you know what you're going to do and write, you just edit the beginning, if you want, and keep writing again! Writer's block cured!
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Cold shower, hot chocholate...Oh! amd an incredibly uncomfortable chair, the more it hurts..the more i write the quicker i get to stand up
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I smoke extreme amounts of weed. However, it is getting over the initial stoned laziness and actually starting to write that poses a challenge. Once the words start to flow it's a beautiful thing.
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Nothing. I'm cursed with no imagination!
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hello
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hello
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i sit there and thing about the last time i was happy
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Pick from this list:
1. Create multiple personalities for yourself (each personality writes something completely different from the other).
2. List random things you enjoy and/or things that inspire you.
3. Think of a place in the world you would want to travel to (you can't stay there) and write about going there, what you will do when you get there, the things you'll eat, drink, see, and buy.
4. Create a world. Start off with terraine and climate. Then, begin creating the inhabitants. Try to create creatures that aren't human (from slightly different to drastically different), explain what they do, how they get along, how they talk, how they act in certain ways.
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watch movie, go for a walk
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I go and edit other parts of the story until I come up with an idea.
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Two words- BRAIN DUMP!
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ditch
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Ice water enemas.
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listen to music
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I remind myself that if I don't finish this book, I'll starve to death.
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uh lol
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I've found that cutting up random stuff on this site makes for a good jumping off point. Well, for poetry anyway; it doesn't do much for fiction; the website oneword for inspiration there... And there are times when I just force myself to sit and pound out the keys with no online help. I have an accountability partner who makes me feel really guilty when I don't write, which helps big time.
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I begin by banging my head against the keyboard until the individual keys loosen and stick to my forehead. I then brush them off my face and onto my desk, where I then proceed to rearrange the letters into words. I use these words as a launch pad for my next magnum-opus.
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If I'm stuck, I just start writing, free-flow, no editing and keep going until something clicks! Keep writing till you get to a good stopping point, go back and throughout the crap and keep the good stuff!
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The more distractions, the better. Distractions send you mind in different directions and give you ideas for continuing your work. Go do something completely unrelated to what you're writing. Read a psychology book. Have a deep discussion with someone about life and how you view it. Interact with people outside your norm and experience something new. Use your new-found perspectives as fuel for your mental bonfire and start writing.
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guys, this may seem odd but I've written four books and my way works perfectly for me...
1. Get yourself some cartoons. Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Full metal alchemist, any of these will work.
2. Start writing.
3. If you get any problems just open up your cartoon and watch one episode....I bet when you're done watching it you'll be able to write again.
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There always seems to comes a time when we businessfolk who must write, seen to run into a condition that is know as "Constipation Of The Creativity " , in other words, that damnable lull after what was an inspired period of vibrantly original work... These weakened states require a bit of caution, but I'll guess that you shouldn't worry yourself too much, and rest as much as possible after such exertions... You certainly would rest your physical body after a Marathon, wouldn't you? -----
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Listen to music that has something, even the tiniest bit, to do with what I'm writing, think about where i wanted to go with my story, where it's going at the moment, read what I've written, change things around, and just write and let those extra ideas out of your head. Sometimes I have three or four stories going on at once, just to finish one story.
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I listen to a lot of music and try to come up with a story for every song. Some of them are good and can develop into much more.
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I take a break - never force the flow! Coffee, cigarettes & go for the inspiration brought by the 25th hour of being awake.
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I write anyway. Given, it is crap but still it sometimes takes me to a new idea.
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Write down beautiful words in the form of a list, create an imagine in my head, close my eyes and write down what I feel, what I see, what I smell, etc, and clear my mind that way.
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nothing
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I write random words or whatever I'm thinking in a chaotic fashion to clear my head.
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Lose myself in music and/or force myself to write
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I look online for inspiration
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keep a dream diary, o for a walk
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I do something dangerous
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I just write whatever comes to mind no matter how bad I think it really is. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't, but a writer writes always.
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Listen to music. Read a favorite book/chapter, watch a good movie. Sit down with a notepad and write whatever ideas come to mind
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Listen to instrumental music and let your imagination run frigging wild with it =D
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I just sit down with my story, read it as far as I've come, and write. It's easy to give up on a story you think has no future, but every character has a life they can still live. What were some of your problems? How were you when everything was great?
And remember, deadlines or no, sometimes you need a break.
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Read my stories over and over and focus.
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read some of bukowski's poems to focus
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Try to block out distractions so I can concentrate better
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i go and read other books in the smame style that i want to write in don't always work though
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Go back to old writing, stuff that was never published, stuff you're embarrassed of. Read over some of that and see where you've grown, maybe revisit ideas that you never ran with and start up something new. Turn parts of old writing into better writing, and transform it.
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Start writing as if you are telling somebody a story.
"So there we are falling down through separate reality tunnels - age after age of primordial scripts. And Jerry comes up with this crystal skull routine and says "Should we?" Giving me this nasty wink of the pederast in a santa suit..."
Let your fingers and subconscious do the writing and see what oozes out. Sometimes it's funny sometimes gross and sometimes you shock even yourself when you sit back and read it.
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Burroughs
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kill the editor
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Relax, listen to some music, and maybe the lyrics will give you some inspiration.
Go out shopping, and maybe you'll get new ideas.
Watch anime. I'm a fan of anime.
Or simply daydream and try to imagine what your characters look like and what their personalities are, what they love to do, everything about them. And soon, the missing links will be covered up and your ideas will not stop flowing. This works very well for me.
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I listen to hardcore screamo music and listen closely to the lyrics(if you can make them out). Trying to process the meaning of the lyrics usually gives me an idea or two.
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wait until an idea comes, there's no pressure
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I tell a couple of my readers roughly where I'm at and what do they think would happen next. I either use their idea and fly with that, or it makes me think of something else and I use that.
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search how to overcome writers block on the internet.
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One of my favourite exercises to overcome writer's block is to take the last line of any random book on my shelf and then write flash fiction or a short story with that line as the first line. It can be totally random sometimes. It really gets you to think outside the box.
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Day dream =)
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write as if you were speaking to a loved one who has passed away, and you'll never be at a loss for words because this is your last chance to tell them how you feel! ~m.m.h.(HBT)
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Bug my best friend for plot bunnies.
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I listen to music while looking at the lyrics. (Prefferably new ones.) Then I might get something that miraculously gives me inspiration relating to my story.
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Think of something sad and listen to piano music.
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get baked and surf the web
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I listen to old industrial.
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i play my guitar outside on the front porch, take naps in wal-marts home and garden section, watch a new movie, listen to techno.
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I stop writing and just live my life for a little while. Taking a step away from what you're trying to write helps, and one day it'll just come to you.
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read the dictionary
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Listen to music.
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Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style
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Picture the cover of your novel on the shelf of your local bookstore.
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I try to get myself into another type of creative medium. Sometimes changing my mindset from a literary perspective gives me a chance to recharge.
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Listen to Manson Family Picnic, I could not recommend this one enough!
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wank off
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Try drawing a picture or doodeling to express yourself instead. Then when you're finished, explain the drawing or the meaning of the drawing.
Or listen to some music.
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I usually just look over things I've written before just to clear my mind. I wait a day or two and forget all about writing. I listen to people talk, I think about what happened that day, I think about how I'm feeling, and basically do an overall look on life. Usually just clearing my mind and taking a breather from writing helps me gather ideas. NEVER TRY TO PUSH YOURSELF TO WRITE, THE BLOCK ONLY GETS WORSE!! Also sometimes I write a bunch of nonsense and an idea comes out of it.
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I normally concentrate on my writing skills, surf the internet for ideas and read as much as possible about anything that interest me. Take some time off to walk in the park, or take long strolls around my neighborhood. Great stress buster and after a while, I begin to feel revived.
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Read about how to overcome writer's block.
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Dark and numb under the clouds
We hobnob with heavy eggs beside the light
I reach! The pleasure must continue
Sinister and splintering among the clouds
We summon desirous hooks beside the ground
Word! The day is good
Sinful and flying among the tomb
You smear odorous signs near the spirits
Can you dig it? The thought must continue
trusting grieving
lost in broad daylight
the next life waiting
At how many harbours
my likeness
turn aside
while the world changed
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Listen to Japanese visual novel soundtracks with a bottle of (insert obscure brand) soda. Computer and sunny evening is a must.
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1) Punch your inner editor in the face.
2) Do something completely pointless - if you don't enjoy it, it's not pointless enough.
3) Don't look for inspiration. Look for nothing and make note of what gets in the way.
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It depends on what kind of mood I'm in. Sometime listening to music helps, and other times I'll just think of random scenarios while trying to fall asleep.
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Yesterday the day came. The day that every person must experience in order to say that they have truly lived their life. They day where it pains you more to stay tight in a reserved shell than it does to open and show yourself in all your glory to the true world. There she was, up on the pedestal, being crowned for prom queen. A tall boy by the name of Mark stood next to her. He was built like a tank but that didn't phase me. Nothing could get in my way now. I knew, right then at that moment that I needed to do what needed to happen. I started my march, pushing drunk divas out of the way as I made my way towards the stage. As I climbed the three stairs onto the stage, the spotlight hit me. My red tie under my jacket seemed to be leaping off my chest with every beat of my heart. I took a deep breath and locked eyes with her. I let it all out.
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CHange positions. Sit upside down in my chair, or lay on the ground, or cobra position, or on my back with my legs in the air. Or stare at a light...
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Walk away. I look at old things, peruse a scrapbook, my mother's sentimental jewelry, look in my closet.
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I write on paper instead of computer.
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ADHD Rules! I just move on to another book, and then sneak up on the first one from behind.
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Having a deadline!
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buhr
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I find a place in the house that has absolutely no distractions- the bathroom or hallway. There's no tv, no computer, no radio, just me, my notebook and my thoughts.
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When ihave writers block i listen to music and simply relax, often a song will come on that can inspire me in some way. When i'm writing a story the song can often start and i realise that this song could be the background song to a certain scene i have in mind for the story it could be the background song to what the main character would be feeling at the time and i can really get into that emotion, in fact i've made myself cry as i act out the scenes in my head cause it can feel so real while i temporarily go into my characters mind. When i'm writing lyrics sometimes a song can bring an emotion to meor a word and will simply work on that emotion and word i get and get lyrics from that. Or i go outside in the woods and sit in my faveroute spot and just sit there often with my music on my ipod.
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I decide to never try to write again.
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When I'm going through writer's block and already have an idea of what I want to write but can't seem to put it into word form, I actually act out the main characters in my mind. I try to get into their minds and get a feel for what it would be like in the environment. If that doesn't work, then I listen to music (classical or jazz works best for me) and sit in front of the computer (or notebook if I'm writing on paper at the time) until something comes to me.
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To over come writers block I listen to music, other than that I just walk away and go back later with a fresh pair of eyes. Seems to work for me. Just don't force yourself to write, it only makes things harder in the end.
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Reading science fiction or urban fantasy.
Also listening to music that is not mainstream (like Moby, Conjure One or Thievery Corporation for example)
Working (Some of my best ideas have come from working at my day job.)
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masturbate
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Being awesome.
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Music helps a lot. If I can keep a stock of songs that inspire me constantly, I'll listen to those and write whatever comes to mind.
Or just do whatever I want. Dance around like a crazy person, role play to the scene of any book I'm reading, yell out whatever song I'm listening to, even if I'm not singing the right lyrics. Anything to loosen up the creative bowls and get those juices flowing!
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Personally, I lay on my bed, switch, on my ipod, and match the scenes up with the music and watch them play out according to which way the music's going.
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Honestly when i have writer's block i watch a movie or go here and do the electronic poetry. I seems to get the words flowing and it helps my mind think of the kinds of things i want to say.
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murder
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write
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I do several things to get the ideas flowing. I do the dishes when I want to get an idea. Something
about the water and the activity just gets me thinking. When I want to keep an idea and I just can't make any headway on it typing things out, I write by hand. For some reason that just makes things flow. I may not like what I've written, I may only be able to keep a little bit, but at least I'm not blocked.
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i take a long walk, even if it's raining, i walk and walk until it comes to me. or i find myself in a place i'm not quite sure here i am
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I do three things, either together or seperately.
1. watch my favorite shows. I love Code Lyoko, W.i.t.c.h., Avatar, Gilmore girls, Stargate. Watch whatever you love.
2. Exercise. Get blood moving to your brain. get energized. New fresh blood enters your brain and makes you feel awake and energized, itching to write.
3. Act. Act out your scene that you are stuck on and whatever come naturally. If it come naturally to you, that is great. You can also invite friends over (friends that understand your strange obsession with whatever you are writing.) by inviting friends over and acting it out, not only do you get your natural response to the situation but you also get other ideas too.
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Find what inspires you. Be it photography, nature, music and singing, dancing or family, and take sometime to revive that inspiration. For most people, writer's block is a lack of inspiration.
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Listen to songs and say weird things.
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Listen to a variety of different music and if something triggers, stick with that style as I write.
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Turn of the computer and spend some time out in the "real world". Seems like my lack of inspiration comes from lack of stimulation.
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Just keep writing whether it's good or makes sense or not.
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I play DooM, and narrate in my head what I'mdoing whilst drinking a cup of coffee. then i keep that momentum going and put it into my work. works every time =)
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change environments
listen to music
focus really hard on an object
look through pictures
read a part of a book
rewrite another's work
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I look through photographs - plants, people, buildings, landscapes, whatever - and think about the stories behind the photos. For example, if it's a photo of a girl hugging a guy, why is she hugging him, who is he, what is their story, etc. If it's an old building, what happened in that building, who died there, why is it abandoned, etc. Eventually I come across a photo that contains a story that is so intensely interesting to me that I just have to go write it. I keep that photo posted on my wall or on my computer - somewhere close - so that when I start to waver again I can revive the drive to write.
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talk to someone really interesting
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I don't know
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I don't know
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I create a zillion magic sparks.
Zing!
Zap!
Zam!
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I first read a good book, then write about what I read. Secondly, I take my notebook and pen to my favorite coffee house, (Starbucks), and let my brain run wild.
Eventually the dam breaks.
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i try to think really hard. if that doesnt work i maybe relax a little and gaze into inspiration.
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Go to a quiet place in meditate for an half hour
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reading really good books. either classics or favorites, but something helpful that won't allow me to wallow in the misery that is a blank page.
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Watch some anime or manga! Now THAT gets the inspiration flying through your veins!
To overcome a writer's block, i only write when i feel like writing. Don't ever force yourself to write otherwise the writing itself seems robotic. It also helps to read other people's stories for inspiration, or just to get you in the mood to write more stuff. However, i never reccomend reading fan-fictions because those are made out of fail.
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To overcome writer's block, I do a cathartic writing exercise. I think of something that's happened recently that made me feel a strong emotion - excitement or anger and I just sit down and write everything that comes into my head about it - without editing or thinking it through first. Just get it all down on paper.
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One way to cure writer's block is to just write a description of something. Say, go to a cafe, a train station, a meadow in the forest and describe everything - the way the sun feels on your skin, the sound of the bees in the flowers, a distant train whistle, the taste of salt on your fingertips, the soft grass against your legs, the sunlight in the trees...
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The best way to overcome writer's block that I have found is to do a quick and spontaneous free-writing session. Open your mind and just write everything that comes into your head - ignore punctuation, grammer, spelling, structure and just WRITE, do not censor anything.
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Make a list Making a list is a fun way to get your creative juices flowing. Here are some examples: everything in your bag, everything in your room, the best moments of your week, your top ten favorite things, things that make you happy, things that make you sad. things you wish you could change, things you are afraid of, etc.
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Dreams Start keeping a dream diary next to the bed to jot down dreams and ideas from dreams.
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