tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post5065857405201055061..comments2024-03-27T03:16:57.365-04:00Comments on Girlfriends Book Club: To Be Blocked or Not to Be Blocked?Writer Wenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16730769794553260336noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-2154251546739847402012-04-25T10:57:01.420-04:002012-04-25T10:57:01.420-04:00What's funny is that I do think writers are to...What's funny is that I do think writers are tortured, but in random (often mundane) ways that no one would think about. "Like how am I get my main character from emotional point A to emotional point B in a way that's believable?" tortured. And "how rude would it be for me stop this conversation cold to get a glass of wine (aka social lubrication -- seriously, I hate when someone I don't know pulls me into a conversation before I'm able to make it to the bar) ?" tortured. "Is this royalty statement correct?" tortured. And "will these writing gremlins ever shut up?" tortured. The story itself, having imagination -- that's not the torturous bit. <br /><br />As for how I get around not want to write. Lately, I've been really paying attention to this. If there's something on the outline that just feels way too tedious, if possible, I skip over it all together to get to the next "good part." If I can't skip over it, I speed up the story to get there. This is basically how I've begun deciding when to tell and don't show.Ernessa T. Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765310225042942524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-58366251033100203742012-04-24T18:18:24.290-04:002012-04-24T18:18:24.290-04:00Love happy pappy sappy! BORROWING. ha. I have more...Love happy pappy sappy! BORROWING. ha. I have more of a problem with writer's ROADblock - there are too many things I need to hurdle to get to the part where I get to write. Which is why I need to stick to writing first thing in the morning before I work on any client projects or OTHER people's books. :)Malena Lotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05209520420963412759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-44505523986459063722012-04-24T17:46:26.464-04:002012-04-24T17:46:26.464-04:00I agree. For me, sometimes it means looking back a...I agree. For me, sometimes it means looking back at my earlier choices and sometimes just plowing forward to the next plot point.Amy Bourrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09282391142545297965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-80034784904501167242012-04-24T09:52:38.450-04:002012-04-24T09:52:38.450-04:00Great post and I agree. I do have times when I hav...Great post and I agree. I do have times when I have trouble moving forward with a piece and sometimes that means some of my earlier choices have been wrong.Karin Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526466399023966816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-36453973174472559012012-04-24T07:40:01.624-04:002012-04-24T07:40:01.624-04:00Ha! Lauren, I love this post!! I, too, am an unt...Ha! Lauren, I love this post!! I, too, am an untortured artist!!<br /><br />I've definitely hit stumbling blocks from time to time. And I've definitely had periods where I just couldn't write a thing. But I tend to do what you do-- recognize that I'm not going anywhere and picking something else up to get me going.<br /><br />Resilience? I'm still working on that one.Brenda Janowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341902606434073240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-50353473652513477592012-04-23T21:17:51.236-04:002012-04-23T21:17:51.236-04:00One of my journalism professors told us: There'...One of my journalism professors told us: There's no such thing as writer's block -- only laziness. I think that quote is credited to someone famous ... but I truly, truly believe it. <br /><br />Journalists and content mill writers and paid bloggers don't have the luxury of "writer's block." They MUST write. <br /><br />And so, I don't believe in writer's block. Writers write. :)Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812752649372636492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-30460096488260266422012-04-23T20:25:26.421-04:002012-04-23T20:25:26.421-04:00Lauren
I like this post and I have to agree. The ...Lauren<br />I like this post and I have to agree. The writers I know who actually make a living as writers (however meager or grand that may be) treat it like a job. And just because I don't feel like working today doesn't mean I don't work. I've often found that the days that are the toughest--writing wise--are also the days that when I go back and reread my words, I've produced some solid prose. Granted to get that prose was like walking over hot coals while a tiny gremlin with razor claws sat on my shoulder and shoved toothpicks in my eyelids. <br />Buut--the gremlin and I still did our tricky dance across the coals that day and got down some words. <br />xoMaggieMaggie Marrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423567809178142889noreply@blogger.com