writers. block. today

[leoniedelt]

I have a few scenes left that I know i need to write, i know how they're going to happen and I know what i want to accomplish. So why can't i write them? Writer's block is a bizarre thing. Really bloody bizarre.

I've been editing the hell out of my draft and taking notes while stuck in places away from my keyboard, things i've thought of that  i need to add / make sure are in there somewhere, etc. Details. But still, i seem to be stuck on those paragraphs, after the 3k words i totally pulled out of my arse yesterday. None of it was planned, i just sat down and decided to type and see what happened, and I liked the result of it. I swear i had no plans, it just came to me as it is. Whole conversations just popped in my skull.

All i need to do is a dream sequence and a discussion of said dream, and i swear i just cannot get it going.

Grr.

Comments

[greasedtea.livejournal.com]

I've been writer's blocked what my original writing is concerned for months now :( But reading your entries about writing makes me want to write, so maybe the block will lift yet.

[leoniedelt.livejournal.com]

I've been editing the hell out of this today, and some flashes of what to do for my two scenes have popped in and out of my head, but i accidentally fell asleep in the bath (!!) instead of plotting out the dream sequence like i'd planned to do, so i'm running a bit behind really.

Grr. I'm just trying to make sure the dream sequence is a good one, packed with relevant imagery and stuff, but it just seems to HARD to do.

Writing = teh good, though, yes. Enjoying the hell out of being back in the saddle. Being free to use my imagination on fiction instead of imagining horrible possibilities for real life.

[greasedtea.livejournal.com]

My biggest weaknesses when it comes to writing projects are 1) actually pulling through and finishing stuff and 2) filling stories up, by which I mean, I have certain scenes crystallized perfectly in my head (and sometimes even written down), but they're unconnected, and coming up with the bits inbetween I have the most problems with.

I usually plot things out while I'm lying in bed, so I know too well the dangers of nodding off while I'm in the middle of a really great idea :p

[leoniedelt.livejournal.com]

It sucks - i get my best ideas while in bed for the night!

I just finished it. 10800 words. Now i need to edit the hell out what i've just written, as i doubt its really that good, and make sure I've achieved all the things i set out to do.

*collapse*

Funnily enough, plot isnt really my problem - i can plot things like mad, add 50 thousand loose ends in the first 10 pages that I have to tie up somehow later, and its weird how it just comes to me. Hell, i pulled off 64k completed novel in 3.5 weeks in November for nanowrimo... that was a wild ride, I'll tell you!

[greasedtea.livejournal.com]

Hey, congrats on finishing it :) I keep meaning to join NaNoWriMo, but I don't know if I'd be able to stick to it.

[leoniedelt.livejournal.com]

Last year was my first time, but it was amazing to stick to and do, yes.

Oh man i have some spit n polishing to do, yes.