The Dreaded Writer's Block

Started by FireSnow May 4th, 2016 8:29 AM
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FireSnow

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Age 27
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Ambrette Town, Kalos
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Posted October 3rd, 2020
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7.7 Years
We've all been there (if you haven't, you get two gold stars and a Bidoof).

Writer's block is where no matter what you do, you just can't seem to come up with anything to write for an extended period of time. It can be very frustrating and everything you do manage to write just seems like trash. Nothing is good enough.

It can be very difficult to escape but it is plenty possible. What do you do to escape this void of despair?

Foxrally

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I simply... don't write, I guess. Forcing writing is never a good idea for both the writer or the reader, so I never try to force something out unless I really have to - and even then, it's completely bad.

Although, I've always been one to say that the best way to get inspired is to start writing, but that's different from writers block.
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Out Of My Mind
Seen August 18th, 2021
Posted February 2nd, 2021
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9.4 Years
What I like to do is have multiple things that I am writing at once. For example, right now I am in three active roleplays, am working on a story of my own, as well as writing poems or song lyrics. A lot of my writers block comes down to not having something to write for something I might need to, but I find that writing for other things often helps me out in terms of getting inspiration.

Oddball_

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Age 24
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I had a huge case of block when it came to journeys, everything I was doing just felt stale and boring. It took me a year of writing other genres before I could write a journey with the same pizzaz that I had when I first started. Theres really no surefire cure sadly.



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Junier

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Seen December 5th, 2019
Posted August 3rd, 2018
1,074 posts
7.9 Years
I think I'm in a sort of writer's block of my own right now. I'm finding it hard to write independently and I think roleplaying could, hopefully, be a way of recovery. There's a kind of pressure in any roleplay, really, to post and continue the pace, and combined with my want to grow as a writer, I think I'm at least on the right track to breaking this block.

Parivir

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Jakarta, Indonesia
Seen August 16th, 2022
Posted September 1st, 2017
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12.4 Years
I personally just draw up fanfics/other literary works from my bookmarks; sometimes a good prose or two is all it takes to get you back in the mood. The success rate of this for me is somewhere near 50%.
There was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.
But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,
I skin my knees. I bleed.

Nero

I like it.

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Route 230, Australia
Seen June 2nd, 2019
Posted June 2nd, 2019
371 posts
7.3 Years
Usually when I experience writer's block, I like to spend some reading someone else's work to steal their ideas get some inspiration, I guess. It could be a book, a fanfiction, or even another RP. If I'm still not in the mood, I'll have a crack at freewriting to help me get back into putting words to paper. Just writing about rubbish and a whole lot of nothing without the stress of actually making something good feels pretty nice, imo.
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FireSnow

Show me that Fighting Spirit

Age 27
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Ambrette Town, Kalos
Seen August 20th, 2021
Posted October 3rd, 2020
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7.7 Years
Ive found that, as others have, that doing something else is very helpful. Doing something else allows me to put my focus elsewhere, recharging my writing and creativity batteries in the process. It's amazing what a little music and shameless singing along will do for ya.

White Noise

A sound that's always heard, but never listened to

Age 22
Female
Down south, y'all (Georgia)
Seen January 31st, 2019
Posted May 6th, 2016
26 posts
7.1 Years
Usually I either take a long break or try to find inspiration somewhere. I've found that inspiration always comes from the most unlikely places. I always try to carry something to write with and something to write on whenever an idea strikes my mind (because it always vanishes later and I end up kicking myself)
Nobody thinks what I think
Nobody dreams when they blink
Think things on the brink of blasphemy
I'm my own shrink
Think things are after me, my catastrophe
I'm a kitchen sink,
You don't know what that means
Because a kitchen sink to you
Is not a kitchen sink to me, okay friend?
Are you searching for purpose?
Then write something, yeah it might be worthless
Then paint something then, it might be wordless
Pointless curses, nonsense verses
You'll see purpose start to surface
No one else is dealing with your demons
Meaning maybe defeating them
Could be the beginning of your meaning, friend.

FireSnow

Show me that Fighting Spirit

Age 27
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Ambrette Town, Kalos
Seen August 20th, 2021
Posted October 3rd, 2020
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7.7 Years
Usually I either take a long break or try to find inspiration somewhere. I've found that inspiration always comes from the most unlikely places. I always try to carry something to write with and something to write on whenever an idea strikes my mind (because it always vanishes later and I end up kicking myself)
I know what you mean. I couldn't tell how many times I had a great idea for my character's story and by the time I'm able to get to a computer, I've lost it. Memory is such a fragile thing.

Jauntier

Where was your antennas again?

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USA
Seen April 6th, 2018
Posted December 23rd, 2017
690 posts
7.8 Years
The topic that keeps on spawning.

Forever.

I just work through it. Giving myself too much time off of a post makes me that much more prone to being disinterested in continuing it altogether. A break to me leads to procrastination, and procrastination to abandonment, so I just do it to get it out of the way.
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gimmepie

Age 27
Male
Australia
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More than your typical writers block where you don't know what to write, I tend to run into these weird walls where I'll know exactly what I want to happen story-wise but I still won't be able to make the words flow. When this happens it can last days or even weeks.

I find that the best I can do is just not do anything. I just wait for it to pass and then eventually the words come.
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