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Post by straycatcher20040 on Sept 26, 2004 12:37:44 GMT -8
Here's some tips for those of you who have writer's block: (Please add Your ideas aswell!)
1.Take a break, read a book.
2. listen to some music.
3. search on the internet for more info on what your writing about!
4. Change what you're wearing to match the topic of your book.
5. Act out a scene.
6. Be one of your characters for a day.
7. come here and look for tips!
8. go outside!
9. write an imaginary love letter.
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Post by Ramona on Oct 4, 2004 15:53:11 GMT -8
10. Post what you have so far here, and have others help you. 11. Skip your scene and come back to it later. 12. Eat something you think your characters' would (do this with common sense people!) 13. Visit this site www.sff.net/People/LisaRC/over.htm14. Try not to obsess on one thing, have more than one project going, and switch to another if you get stuck. 15. Write about writers' block, then move back to your original project. |
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Post by straycatcher20040 on Oct 6, 2004 17:03:47 GMT -8
16. play on neopets for awhile.
17. phone a friend and chat.
18. draw on your socks (with stuff that comes out!)
19. take a nap!
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Post by dominicmonaghan on Oct 19, 2004 5:55:57 GMT -8
20. watch a movie
21. excercise
22. act like a toddler for 20 min. (don't ask i got these off a website)
23. make up an interview with your character
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Post by DanteDidDream on Oct 24, 2004 9:58:17 GMT -8
24. Run around your chair...three times minimum.
25. Find another author that has the same genre that you are writing, and try to get the feel of that plot. It helps.
26. Drink green tea.
27. If you have an instrument, play it! (I play harp, it helps with everything!!)
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Post by straycatcher20040 on Oct 24, 2004 12:11:49 GMT -8
28. Go for a walk
29. Sing
30. Make up a song for the chapters
31. phone a friend and chat
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Post by straycatcher20040 on Oct 24, 2004 12:13:35 GMT -8
Oops... minus 31, I already did it!
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Post by ElizabethOfDumair on Oct 31, 2004 13:55:26 GMT -8
31. Doodle endlessly
32. Write something else... ANYTHING but what you are writing now, and then return to the original work in a few days
33. Freewrite
34. Research the topic you're writing about to get fresh ideas
35. Completely forget about what you are writing for as long as several months, then return to it...
36. Allow your mind to wander...you never know what ideas you can get from this!
37. Read other pieces of literature to get inspired...just DO NOT plagarise!
38. Pretend to be a character from your book for awhile, kind of like roleplaying, and see what you come up with
39. Work on another part of the story/whatever and return to the blocked-out part later
40. Go outside and walk/jog/run/skip/bike/swim/dance...you get where I'm going with this...
41. Practice your instrument if you play one
42. Watch a movie/T.V.
43. IM/E-mail/call your friends
44. DO h/w or extra credit work if you're still in school
45. Thumb through a dictionary or thesaurus...sometimes looking at words helps jumpstart my mind
46. Get out atlases/maps/globes and encyclopedias and just look at different areas of the world and different cultures
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Post by straycatcher20040 on Nov 3, 2004 15:03:00 GMT -8
Before you can write about life you need to experience it so...
47. Write in a diary for at least a week.
48. Explore. Go for a walk in a part of a nieghborhood you've never visited.
49. Have a bubblebath and do experiments like:
a) Reading (Try not to get the pages wet!)
b) Listen to music.
c) Ect.
49. Call a friend you haven't seen for a while and catch up.
50. Visit one of your old schools and if there's a playground - play!
;D We made it to 50! ;D
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Post by kaidanasnan on Nov 5, 2004 15:10:10 GMT -8
51. Sit in a comfortable chair with a pencil in your hand and blank paper in front of you.
52. Sit outside and let your mind wander.
53. Think of random sentences to jumpstart your mind.
54. Clean your room. ((This actually helped me once.||
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Post by ElizabethOfDumair on Nov 5, 2004 15:44:18 GMT -8
55. Design a website 56. Go and giggle with your friends 57. Experiment in the shower by mixing shampoos, etc. (this has helped me, too ;D) 58. Also experiment with foods (When I was little, I used to play with the food containers in the refrigerator and pretend that they were part of an apartment building  ) 59. THUMB THROUGH THE PHONE BOOK!!! (Another one of those childhood things... *reminiscent sigh*) 60. Get together with some people and have an improvisation session 61. If you're religious, go to your local center of worship and become enlightened for awhile 62. Go play dress up 63. Write about your characters' backgrounds, histories, etc. Planning this out can jumpstart your mind. 64. Take a nap 65. Do arts and crafts for awhile |
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Post by straycatcher20040 on Nov 6, 2004 15:30:39 GMT -8
66. Go outside (in fall) and gather up leaves - make a leaf book to keep them in.
67. Try to draw a character as you would in a comic strip.
68. Go on a shopping spree.
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Post by Ramona on Nov 9, 2004 17:19:03 GMT -8
69. Eat some candy!!
70. Drink some caffiene!!
71. Play a word game, such as one I play, where you just name a random word back and forth and can't repeat one already said (I know that sounds stupid, but it's actually quite fun.)
72. Browse a website.
73. Watch reruns of Gilligan's Island.
74. Write whatever pops into your head...w-h-a-t-e-v-e-r...pops into your head.
75. Hang with friends somewhere unusual.
76. Hang with friends somewhere you usually hang out.
77. Reminisce.
78. Think about something...I often do that, I have no idea how easily it comes to anybody else.
79. Call an old friend.
80. Look at yearbooks from past years and read your friends' messages.
81. Wonder.
82. Wonder about what it would be like if you had a pet monkey.
83. Think about stuff that you want.
84. Make a list of all the guys or girls you liked before.
85. Don't write.
86. Visit your dream pen.
87. Hold conversations in nonsense gibberish.
88. Pretend to be a hillbilly.
89. Remember all the dumb (an not-so-dumb) things you and your friends laughed at.
90. Figure out what your dreams supposedly mean.
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Post by junipercayenne on Nov 13, 2004 10:33:10 GMT -8
91. Watch some telavison.
92. Give your current work a temporary, unexpected twist, just for laughs. (The twist might even improve the story, and become permanent.P Example..... Carrie couldn't believe it! How could he just stand there while (twist) the jelly beans danced the macarena.
93. Step onto the porch and clear your head.
94. Have a snack.
95. Go outside and star at the clouds.
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96. Talk to someone.
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Post by junipercayenne on Nov 13, 2004 10:34:38 GMT -8
Sorry, a few typos there.
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