insperation has gone

[cenwolfgirl]

um i am stuck
i have no inspiration or motiation to do anything but mostly to write
any ideas? or advice please!?!

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

um i am stuck
i have no inspiration or motiation to do anything but mostly to write
any ideas? or advice please!?!

My sympathies.

What sometimes helps me in situations like that is to pick an image or a lyric or even a plot element from one of my favourite songs and see whether I could plug it in to a story.

[cenwolfgirl]

thanks nuero

hum more excuses to watch youtub videos
could be fun

[meg_evonne]

good time to edit.

side note: At recent conference, editor from Dial Books/Penquin imprint told us that once the house has your manuscript--it's only half way through the manuscript editing process. Good God, this writing really is a marathon, isn't it?  So edit, edit, edit AND STUDY, READ, ADVANCE YOUR WRITING SKILL SET.

[cenwolfgirl]

ugh but the only thing i have to edit is so bad i am not shore its worth the space on my laptop that it takes up *makes a face* its so horrable and cringe worthy

[cenwolfgirl]

okay one of my short stories that is worth calling a peace of writing has been fully edited and spell checked
what can i do now?
thank you people who follow me on twitter for the spelling help!!

[Spot]

I have to second the edit, edit, edit suggestion. When I'm stuck or can't find the motivation to do something, I usually pick up something really cringe-worthy and go about making it better. Sometimes, in the process of improving something so obviously bad I find the missing motivation and am able to get back to it.


Of course, Neuro's suggestion is also good. I've never tried it before. But what I do is to pick up a book by one of my favourite authors from my bookshelf and read a random passage. Sometimes that helps to bring me back on track. Other times, I have to pick another passage to read. In such cases, I read passages until I'm ready to get back to it. I have never had to read more than 4 passages before the missing motivation comes back.


All the best!

[Griffyn612]

um i am stuck
i have no inspiration or motiation to do anything but mostly to write
any ideas? or advice please!?!

I don't know what you're working on, but for me, I like to universe build.  When I get hung up writing story, I go and develop more backstory for the world I'm creating.  My work is set in an alternate Earth, so I like to think of things that have happened there that didn't happen here, or maybe happened differently.

If you're writing something in a completely different world, you can go and create a background mythos completely unrelated to your story.  A mythological land that over time is only mentioned in myth and legend, similar to Atlantis to our world.  Then you have a basis for a different story, that can be established by a single one-liner delivered in your primary story.

[cenwolfgirl]

wwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyy
why why why why why is it when ever i get a good idea i get stolen in to RL to do manditory things that most visually impared teenagers have to do or go tot he hospital
like go to school or meet mobilaty workers or do homework and no matter how hard i try i always come back to my laptop and i can never remember the brilent idea
WWWWWHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

wwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyy
why why why why why is it when ever i get a good idea i get stolen in to RL to do manditory things that most visually impared teenagers have to do or go tot he hospital
like go to school or meet mobilaty workers or do homework and no matter how hard i try i always come back to my laptop and i can never remember the brilent idea
WWWWWHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

This sort of thing is why I never go anywhere without a notebook and pen any more. Not even to sleep.

[cenwolfgirl]

i have a note book on my desk
but i can not take it every where with me
i rely should start though

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

i have a note book on my desk
but i can not take it every where with me
i rely should start though

Really small ones that fit in a pocket are a good plan. Some of them are very cute too.

[cenwolfgirl]

curently i have an A4 not pad
a small one sounds much more practical

[Spot]

i have a note book on my desk
but i can not take it every where with me
i rely should start though

Or if you have your phone with you and it's a "smart" phone, that works great for taking (short) notes. I do that with my phone all the time. Or you could just send yourself an email (from the phone, if you have internet on the phone) with the idea you had.

[cenwolfgirl]

can not have phone in lessons but i do have an app that lets me type notes hum