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McAnally's (The Community Pub) => Author Craft => Topic started by: cenwolfgirl on August 08, 2012, 03:17:10 PM
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i know exactly what i want to happen in a new project i got woke up by
but i can not seem to sit down and focues enought to actualy get past the first sentance or so
any one have any thoughts that might help?
thank you
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Outlines? Maybe the Big Poster arc like JB describes in his Writing Blog?
I like to spend some time planning the course before I actually start writing the chapters. Actually I have a habit of spending too much time planning and never getting around to writing the actual text, so Im on the other end of the spectrum.
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for the first chapter i have a plan and a rough plan for the rest of the story sort of
but i just can not focus long enough to type it up ::)
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for the first chapter i have a plan and a rough plan for the rest of the story sort of
but i just can not focus long enough to type it up ::)
That sounds like you could do with a bit of concentrated self-care to get into a better frame of mind for writing. In that state, after doublechecking to make sure I am OK on food and sleep and so on (I am very bad at remembering to eat when I am stressed) I usually watch dumb movies or play Civ for a while and then try again.
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ha sounds good Neuro
i forget the sleep more then the food
::)
i think it is poserbly the lack of sleep coursing the problem maybe?
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i think it is poserbly the lack of sleep coursing the problem maybe?
That can totally mess with my concentration and ability to write.
Go to bed, get some sleep, let us know if it helps.
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will do as soon as i can
thanks
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Lack of sleep can definitely cause concentration problems.
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I dunno, back in college I accomplished some long writing sessions while severely sleep deprived. Granted a small percentage of what I wrote made any sense at all once I had rested up... :P
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lol i think sleep and then i will see if what i have still makes sense if not rework it and see if i can actualy be some what productive tomorow
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Perhaps then, like me, you are a discovery writer. Try writing without the outline and see where things go. Plan a couple steps ahead, but don't sweat a full outline. Holding the plot together can be rough, but if I managed then so can you.
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thanks i am trying but i am just a novice at writing at the moment
i am still learning
one day maybe that might not be the case
(oh and sleep helps )
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thanks i am trying but i am just a novice at writing at the moment
i am still learning
one day maybe that might not be the case
(oh and sleep helps )
Bah, sleep is for pansy's and sane people ;)
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wow i am sain since when?
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Sleep....we don't need no filthy stinkn sleep!!!!
(Badly paraphrased from The Treasure of Sierra Madre)
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Sleep....we don't need no filthy stinkn sleep!!!!
(Badly paraphrased from The Treasure of Sierra Madre)
and Blazing Saddles!! ;D ;D
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and Blazing Saddles!! ;D ;D
We start writing because its fun. We become production machines because its a job, meaning even when its not fun we force ourselves to write until you get out of the desert of oh good grief all I'm writing is crud and I hate it, its not fun and I Hate it YOUR HEAR ME!!!! H-A-T-E!!! And then eventually you leave the no-fun desert of writing just because its your job to slog through this quagmire you're stuck in and suddenly? There are the ROUS's and it becomes fun again!!! Rinse and repeat and that's how you get yourself a novel. At least that's how I got mine.
That said, when I first took up writing, I found that it was hard to put the production out there. I found that when it was late, say 10:30pm to midnight and I was tired and needed sleep badly, I stopped letting my brain get in the way. My inhibitions (including mainly my fear of ruining whatever I'd written before) were reduced, and in the back of my head a little alarm was going off, saying, you have to get to sleep or you'll be screwed tomorrow. So I'd crank out a couple thousand words and go to bed fully satisfied with myself. And probably, because I was pretty undisciplined back in those days, never return to that story start ever again. Because upon waking that awsome idea had faded and when I went back to look at it, it seemed more like work than fun and suddenly this new increadible idea would pop into my brain.
Another part, for me, of actually finishing a lengthy novel was forcing myself not to become distracted with this awsome new idea that popped into my brain when I was writing something else. Or should have been writing something else. I've got over 101 story starts that are 1-4k long. I'll never write most of them again. As far as I'm concerned you've got harness your creativity, like you would a wild horse, and then green break it to the saddle, yet at the same time you have to be careful and when its pointed in the right direction apply the spurs so it'll gallop away. A hard thing to do, I know. Believe me.
The Deposed King