A Slice of The Writing Life

[violett_crumble]

Having had two strenuous fights with unfinished novels this weekend, I thought I give myself a break and write a little essay on the frustration of trying to be a novelist with ADD. Freelance technical writing pays the bills. It's fast, easily broken up into small, quickly-finished pieces. I never have trouble finishing my freelance pieces. My

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[springstermatic]

hahahaha poor you xD
every time I have a writer's block I do something else: watching a movie, reading a book, listening to music and while I do this, I think about how my charcters would react in this situation described in the medium, and that helps me most of the time to come up with a new scenario.
if it doesn't help, then go to sleep. while trying to fall asleep my thoughts wander off and start to imagine situations with the characters. you don't even know how much your brain can work out when you're resting 8d

[soujiokita]

SO MUCH SYMPATHY RIGHT NOW.

My friend and I started a summer NaNoWriMo challenge and I'm struggling like you wouldn't believe. I watch HOURS of daytime TV now, just to give me an excuse to NOT write what I can't seem to conjure words for....UGH.

Good luck!

[silenzii]

I vote for "a nice long fuck". It always works for me.

[lacegreyviolets]

I thoroughly enjoyed this. It's very easy to relate to right down to the bouncing of the right leg. For me it's usually not writing, but any creative pursuit.