I haven't been working on my next book either. I keep feeling bad about it, but I don't know what to do for my next scene in the book. It's such a bad case of writer's block.
6:51 pm
I've completed two manuscripts now. I thought I was over writer's block.
I don't think you ever get over writer's block. Just yesterday I had to help Snowy with that problem, and she's published five books and written several other completed manuscripts
NaNoWriMo... National No Writing Month. don't write a single word all month. not even a tweet or an email
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I don't think you ever get over writer's block. Just yesterday I had to help Snowy with that problem, and she's published five books and written several other completed manuscripts
I need to work on my next book, and by that I mean start it, and by "next" I mean "dang it, Aeáro, will you ever finish something that's novel-length!?"(edited)
i always attempt nano and never get very far but i want to try again this year and im wondering if any of the other writers here have tips for keeping momentum and not getting stuck on plot issues?
orbit da dragon
i always attempt nano and never get very far but i want to try again this year and im wondering if any of the other writers here have tips for keeping momentum and not getting stuck on plot issues?
The way I do it (I've beaten writathons before, I just never actually finished the stories I'd written so much of) is to just treat it almost as one big free-write. No drafting, no revisions, just go go go. Write what comes to mind, and if it doesn't make any sense, worry about it later. Word count is king. If you haven't got your words for the day, find some tangent to write about, or over-describe something, or have characters get in a pointless argument. If you aren't sure what should happen next, have something random happen.
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9:05 pm
You can always revise it later! You'll want to anyway, so you might as well lean on that.
9:06 pm
And sometimes those pointless or silly tangents wind up going somewhere good, or finding relevance later on.
Aeรกro
And sometimes those pointless or silly tangents wind up going somewhere good, or finding relevance later on.
thank you! that makes a lot of sense! i need to beat back my internal editor and just go go go. i think i worry too much about characterization and plot holes so i end up stressing way to much about things making sense.
yeah that makes sense. i usually try to finish a scene before i continue on to a different part of the story but i might just start jumping around randomly the moment i get bored so i don't get tempted to over analyze things.
And I find that if I ever dare look back at what I've already written, I'll hate it and give up, so you've gotta Orpheus it, too. Wait until you have some distance from the work before you revisit what you've written.
Aeรกro
The way I do it (I've beaten writathons before, I just never actually finished the stories I'd written so much of) is to just treat it almost as one big free-write. No drafting, no revisions, just go go go. Write what comes to mind, and if it doesn't make any sense, worry about it later. Word count is king. If you haven't got your words for the day, find some tangent to write about, or over-describe something, or have characters get in a pointless argument. If you aren't sure what should happen next, have something random happen.
This is exactly what I do! Especially for my first drafts. I have a general idea and I just take that and go absolutely ape with it.
My most recent finished project was a second draft and I did the same thing. I kept all the plot points I wanted to hit from the first draft and then just had the in between stuff be whatever I wanted it to be. I wound up with some really good ideas doing it that way.
Aeรกro
And I find that if I ever dare look back at what I've already written, I'll hate it and give up, so you've gotta Orpheus it, too. Wait until you have some distance from the work before you revisit what you've written.
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