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Writing

rug

(82,333 posts) Thu Dec 4, 2014, 07:13 PM Dec 2014

What to do when you get writer's block.

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What to do when you get writer's block. (Original Post) rug Dec 2014 OP

Write one word. (Any word will do.) Agnosticsherbet Dec 2014 #1

Take a long drive. mainer Dec 2014 #2

Tell the truth. Sweeney Dec 2014 #3

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

1. Write one word. (Any word will do.)

Reply to rug (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 02:05 AM

Dec 2014

Follow it with another word.
Continue until the sentence is finished.
Write another sentence.

It may be crap, but crap should not be judged until the story is done.

I simply do not tolerate writer's block.

mainer

(12,183 posts)

2. Take a long drive.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 07:46 AM

Dec 2014

In silence. Usually works for me.

Or lie on the couch and stare at the ceiling.

Sweeney

(505 posts)

3. Tell the truth.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2014, 06:51 PM

Dec 2014

That is what Hemingway said in a movable feast: One true thing. You have to connect with people, and people can recognize and grasp the truth, and even with fiction, that should be not altogether untrue, -it has to find the point of understanding and agreement. If you ever get stuck, the truth is square one. The more truth you have going for you, the more lies you can spin, but you can't fake it.

Sweeney

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