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How often does anyone that write come up with fresh ideas? How many of those idea actually make it past the filter of the mind? How much of your material do you scrap? How often do you get writers' block and for how long on average?
While I never write anything erotic, I must say that my mind is always thinking of ideas when it comes to the novels and short stories I write. Usually, I come up with many ideas, but roughly seventy percent are scrapped and tossed on the beloved shitpile. I don't usually get writers' block unless I try to force myself to write. Forcing onself to hurry on with the writing of a particular piece never seems to turn out beautifully for me. On the contrary, it turns out quite ugly. I always remind myself that stories often write themselves, and trying to alter the pace of that story is quite similar to yanking the leash of your dog while its' squatting down pinch one off. Often times in such a situation, I imagine the dog bites the hand that feeds. The same could be said of my writing. If I pull it along while its' most vulnerable, it never has the same respect for me and often rears a head of uglyness.
Alas, these are my ways, but I am curious as to yours. If you write often, do you have any input to the inquiries I made above? I would be fascinated by other writers' habits, and how much they oppose my own. Well, I'm skippin' out for now. I look forward to any input on this topic. Conversation is a remarkable thing, and in my opinion it always puts us more in touch with our native language. [AT9]
While I never write anything erotic, I must say that my mind is always thinking of ideas when it comes to the novels and short stories I write. Usually, I come up with many ideas, but roughly seventy percent are scrapped and tossed on the beloved shitpile. I don't usually get writers' block unless I try to force myself to write. Forcing onself to hurry on with the writing of a particular piece never seems to turn out beautifully for me. On the contrary, it turns out quite ugly. I always remind myself that stories often write themselves, and trying to alter the pace of that story is quite similar to yanking the leash of your dog while its' squatting down pinch one off. Often times in such a situation, I imagine the dog bites the hand that feeds. The same could be said of my writing. If I pull it along while its' most vulnerable, it never has the same respect for me and often rears a head of uglyness.
Alas, these are my ways, but I am curious as to yours. If you write often, do you have any input to the inquiries I made above? I would be fascinated by other writers' habits, and how much they oppose my own. Well, I'm skippin' out for now. I look forward to any input on this topic. Conversation is a remarkable thing, and in my opinion it always puts us more in touch with our native language. [AT9]
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[size=10]I can relate to you. While I no longer write as often as I used to, when I did write, I'd often scrap ideas of mine. Most works of mine would often be trashed, thrown out, or deleted very soon. Then again, all of my works would. While some pieces of writing did last longer than others, I'd eventually get tired of them and put and end to them.
For some reason, I can really enjoy writing something but when I go back to look at what I wrote, I rarely find it interesting. I once shared my work with a female companion of mine(in the past). She seemed to like it. And when others were given the chance and would view my work they'd often compliment it. Still, nothing I wrote ever kept me interested for long. I suppose I'd rush the work, not wanting to take forever to finish it, and well... as a result it'd come out bad at times. And sometimes, I'd just lose the ability to keep it interesting or make things make sense.
I'm not sure if that's easy to understand; everything I wrote above, but it sums things up.[/h]
For some reason, I can really enjoy writing something but when I go back to look at what I wrote, I rarely find it interesting. I once shared my work with a female companion of mine(in the past). She seemed to like it. And when others were given the chance and would view my work they'd often compliment it. Still, nothing I wrote ever kept me interested for long. I suppose I'd rush the work, not wanting to take forever to finish it, and well... as a result it'd come out bad at times. And sometimes, I'd just lose the ability to keep it interesting or make things make sense.
I'm not sure if that's easy to understand; everything I wrote above, but it sums things up.[/h]
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I know exactly what you mean man. I've currently have, 27 project that are sitting on my computer. Will I ever get around to finishing them? I do not know. What I do know is this. it's best to go with the flow of things. I never force myself to write anything. That's probably why I've so many unfinished projects. But that is besides the point.
I just go with what my brain tells me, I write a few lines out, and then I just kind of work from there. Most of it is not original in any sense of the word I will give you that, and half of the stuff I have written turns into erotic literature. I still can not figure out why. But as I said. It's best to let it flow out.
But then I'm just a guy who just needs a way to focus his creativity. My writing, if you would actually take a look at it, my characters(main), always seem to be about the same. It's not just an extension of my creativity. It's an extension of my soul. An extension of me. the facade that I put forth online, is just that a facade. Take a look at how my characters act. That is the truth to my soul trying to express it self.
A very wise person once told me. "Dev, you have talent, but you need to apply yourself." That was Mrs. Gibson, my English teacher in high school. I responded to her, with this. "Creativity is best left to it's own, to work as it will. If I were to write a novel, it would take me a hundred years, or more. But I can guarantee it would be a masterpiece, as well as an extension of my soul."
But I do feel you on that whole forcing yourself to write. It's possibly why my creative writing assignments never really did turn out any good. Because I forced myself to sit and write, something that I would not do etch wise.
If I still had it, I would post it. But I have only written one master piece. I turned it in my senior year of high school as a creative writing piece. My teacher, the same one, I was talking about earlier, kept me after class about a week latter. These were the exact words from her mouth. "You did not write this."
I was so shocked that she accused me of plagiary. My response was. I did indeed write this. But not originally as an assignment. I have worked on this story for three years. It is my masterpiece. My heart and soul. Is it impossible to think that I wrote and handed in 194 pages?" She was one of the few people to ever read that story. I deleted the file, and burned the copy of it I had when she returned it to me.
Genius is best not rushed. It is like making wine, it takes time and the right amount of care for it to become it's best.
I just go with what my brain tells me, I write a few lines out, and then I just kind of work from there. Most of it is not original in any sense of the word I will give you that, and half of the stuff I have written turns into erotic literature. I still can not figure out why. But as I said. It's best to let it flow out.
But then I'm just a guy who just needs a way to focus his creativity. My writing, if you would actually take a look at it, my characters(main), always seem to be about the same. It's not just an extension of my creativity. It's an extension of my soul. An extension of me. the facade that I put forth online, is just that a facade. Take a look at how my characters act. That is the truth to my soul trying to express it self.
A very wise person once told me. "Dev, you have talent, but you need to apply yourself." That was Mrs. Gibson, my English teacher in high school. I responded to her, with this. "Creativity is best left to it's own, to work as it will. If I were to write a novel, it would take me a hundred years, or more. But I can guarantee it would be a masterpiece, as well as an extension of my soul."
But I do feel you on that whole forcing yourself to write. It's possibly why my creative writing assignments never really did turn out any good. Because I forced myself to sit and write, something that I would not do etch wise.
If I still had it, I would post it. But I have only written one master piece. I turned it in my senior year of high school as a creative writing piece. My teacher, the same one, I was talking about earlier, kept me after class about a week latter. These were the exact words from her mouth. "You did not write this."
I was so shocked that she accused me of plagiary. My response was. I did indeed write this. But not originally as an assignment. I have worked on this story for three years. It is my masterpiece. My heart and soul. Is it impossible to think that I wrote and handed in 194 pages?" She was one of the few people to ever read that story. I deleted the file, and burned the copy of it I had when she returned it to me.
Genius is best not rushed. It is like making wine, it takes time and the right amount of care for it to become it's best.
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i can relate to these problems. i have a lot of ideas in my mind, i come up with about 3 to 4 a day(inspired by everyday things or random thoughts) but these "ideas" normally are tossed aside and forgotten after a few days.
My current projects, i have already started but i just find myself too lazy to write or maybe i'm just lacking the motivation. I sometimes feels that i write stories at my own pace and not because i started it and i force myself to finish it. So that is why some of my stories end up unfinished.
My current projects, i have already started but i just find myself too lazy to write or maybe i'm just lacking the motivation. I sometimes feels that i write stories at my own pace and not because i started it and i force myself to finish it. So that is why some of my stories end up unfinished.