#writing block cure

[blue-eyed-author]

Some of my writer’s block cures:

Handwrite. (If you already are, write in a different coloured pen.)

Write outside or at a different location.

Read.

Look up some writing prompts.

Take a break. Do something different. Comeback to it later.

Write something else. (A different WIP, a poem, a quick short story, etc.)

Find inspiring writing music playlists on YouTube. (Themed music, POV playlists, ambient music, etc.)

Do some character or story prompts/questions to get a better idea of who or what you’re writing.

Word sprints. Set a timer and write as much as you can. Not a lot of time to overthink things.

Set your own goals and deadlines.

Write another scene from your WIP. (You don’t have to write in order.) Write a scene you want to write, or the ending. (You can change it or scrap it if it doesn’t fit into your story later.)

Write a scene for your WIP that you will never post/add to your story. A prologue, a different P.O.V., how your characters would react in a situation that’s not in your story, a flashback, etc.

Write down a bunch of ideas. Things that could happen, thing that will never happen, good things, bad things.

Change the weather (in the story of course.)

Feel free to add your own.

[dysabria]

i was looking for a writing prompt about ghosts. so anyway guess i’ll just reinvent the hit youtube series ghost files starring ryan bergara and shane madej

[efadefoks]

Ok some sweet headcanons for the sake of Valentine's Day

Johnny can feel Simon from a distance, even without any messages or notifications. He just minds his own business, and then "oh, Ghost will be home soon" and goes to meet him on the airfield

*****

Price never asks a lot of questions. Unlike Gaz who doesn't miss an opportunity to ask how it works. No one knows. Not even Soap. But the moment Ghost steps out of the helo Johnny can feel it. Price once witnessed that. One moment Soap was talking about the rookies and his training program and the next one he was already going to the hangars. Once you see how his eyes just light up you can never forget it. Price even followed Soap, to see if the rumours were actually true. Nobody expected Ghost so early. But there he was. Visibly exhausted and covered with all the roads dirt from the Nowhere, Edge of the Earth. Genuinely happy to see Soap. Not surprised at all.

After that Price hears about several other occasions from the soldiers. People even make bets whether or not Soap misses Lt this time. But they never win.

The wind howls at the landing platform. Soap smiles and reaches for the duffel bag. It is almost impossible to hear anything because of the helo but Johnny knows that Simon will know it anyway.

"Welcome home, Lt"

[clegfly]

“Of course you have an Other Brother,” he says, waving off her denial as he opens some nearby cabinets. “Who else would I be if I wasn’t?”

Small WIP sketch of the Other Brother from IDKSomethingClever99’s fic “Mari in the Pink Palace”!!! OMORI and Coraline are my two biggest interests ever so this fic was like winning the lottery for me. Not to mention how good it is… please go read it ragh

[nina-ya]

HI GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! Happy Monday!! I hope the weekend treated you all well and let's make the most of this week!!

[korasonata]

Is Cleo next to me? You know, I like to think that Cleo is always a little bit ahead of me. But it encourages me to catch up. ~Joe Hills

[delta-orionis]

TSAC will not leave my brain and I’m going to make it everyone else’s problem

[badlydrawnbabydirk]

// At 500 I’ll write a robro/reader oneshot. Smiley face.

[th3-bl00d-on-yr-hands-rom3o]

im just gonna. put this here.

[metalbvcky]

I'm writing an actual three act plot outline for a change (as opposed to just bullet points) and it's... working?? What is this magic!

[knifknight]

Writing Tip

If you get stuck on a part of whatever you are writing; instead of just staring at a blank Google Doc page. Switch things up and write down some ideas in a notebook using your favorite pen to switch things up.

[catermeow]

And 31! I had two different sketches with two different face shapes and hairstyles, but I think this one fits better.

I am so incredibly proud of myself for keeping up all month! This was a lot of fun, and I can really see the improvement. Thank you for hosting!

[imsoveryveryconfusedatlife]

Tag Game: Writeblr Interview

Thanks @tildeathiwillwrite for the tag here!

I hesitate to tag as many people as this is one of those things where there’s no point in doing it twice but tagging:

@xenon-writes-sometimes, @rumeysawrites, @rivenantiqnerd, @leahnardo-da-veggie, @kaylinalexanderbooks, and an open tag!

This is going to be a long post so I’m adding a break here

Short stories, novels, or poems?

I cannot stand most poetry. Maybe it’s because I’m still in school and have to analyse it but I can’t deal with how abstract it can be. I want to write more short stories but my one and only WIP is probably gonna be closer to a novel, if and when I finish it.

What genre do you prefer reading?

Fantasy, especially high fantasy. Murder mysteries and detective stories in general are a close second. Most other genres are reserved for spin offs or fan fiction.

Are you a planner or a write as I go kind of person?

I make a plan that I then actively ignore my OCs force me to not use

What music do you listen to while writing?

Most of the time I listen to the one Reddit podcast I’ve listened to every episode of because I can zone out and I don’t miss anything important. This one is a bit of a bad habit because it distracts me, but EPIC the musical is my current hyperfixation and I listen to that constantly as well.

Favorite books/movies?

Because I have the reading comprehension of an 11 year old we have Murder Most Unladylike (I would die for this series), its spin off the Ministry of Unladylike Activity, The Hunger Games but only really the first book, How to train your dragon but only really the Netflix show and the first movie (the books are great but I haven’t read them in 7 or 8 years and because they’re so different from the movies I’m not sure if I’d like them anymore)

Any current WIPs?

Gold, Greed and Gods which is a vaguely Victorian fantasy about the main cast trying to find a cult before it engulfs the world in literal chaos. And also magical shenanigans and timeline fuckery

Create a character description of yourself:

Honestly I’d rather not. Sorry!

Do you like incorporating actual people you know into your writing?

No it kinda weirds me out. The closest I’ll get is asking my one irl mutual about their experiences with stuff that I (as a someone who is cishet and perisex) do not understand

Are you kill happy with your characters?

I’m not the biggest fan of angst so no. If anyone was gonna die you aren’t allowed to get attached to them so I don’t get attached them hence why the only dead characters in my WIP die before or very soon after it begins. That isn’t to say my characters aren’t affected, but I can only imagine any potential readers will be neither here or there about those characters.

Coffee or Tea while writing?

I don’t really like hot drinks but I hate the smell of coffee so tea?

Slow or fast writer?

A secret third thing which is I wrote 5000 words in 3 hours yesterday so for atleast the next week I won’t be able to string a sentence together

If you were in a fantasy world, what would you be?

A healer would be fun? I wanna be a doctor so I guess that’s close enough. I cannot imagine I’d survive very long without my glasses/ contacts in any case.

Most fav book cliche:

Not really a book cliche but horny bard memes will never not be funny. I also love juxtaposition between characters, if done tastefully, eg. Ray of sunshine is best friends/ dating the grumpiest character alive. I also just love ray of sunshine characters in general. Also, calm/ happy go lucky/ mentor figure characters who have really high body counts and it’s just kind of an open secret are really fun.

Least favorite cliche:

A lot of romance tropes are tied for last place: miscommunication, any reference or idea that firsts=better (virginity, first loves, one true love etc.), not like other girls

Also love triangles. The only good love triangles are the ones that end in polycules. No exceptions (/hj)

I probably just have a problem with like most romance stories

Favorite scene to write?

I love when characters reference unique worldbuilding things that I actually had to think about. Similarly, if I feel I’m doing them well, exposition dumps can be fun.

Reason for writing?

Because blirbos in my head yearn for freedom

On a more serious note, I’ve gotta do something healthy with all this escapism and maladaptive daydreaming.

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Questions:

Short stories, novels, or poems?

What genre do you prefer reading?

Are you a planner or a write as I go kind of person?

What music do you listen to while writing?

Favorite books/movies?

Any current WIPs?

Create a character description of yourself:

Do you like incorporating actual people you know into your writing?

Are you kill happy with your characters?

Coffee or Tea while writing?

Slow or fast writer?

If you were in a fantasy world, what would you be?

Most fav book cliche:

Least favorite cliche:

Favorite scene to write?

Reason for writing?

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Thanks again for the tag!

[mediumgayitalian]

do you ever deal w writer’s block? love your fics btw!

oh man ALL THE TIME. i actually frequently have to stop mid-fic and switch whatever i’m writing on bc my brain is stuck. i’ll start in my notes app sometimes, but i get stuck there SO fast, and switching to laptop only helps sometimes. what i usually need to do, and this is weird and embarrassing as shit, is text fics to my friend in instagram DMs 💀💀 the combined pressure of her literally watching me type and the character limit per message, forcing me to send and accept what i have, keeps me juuuuussstt stressed enough to finish. and sometimes i write on napkins or notebooks or my arm or whatever.

OH AND!! i got this advice from a veronica roth interview, which i’m even more embarrassed about but whatever, is to literally start over. she said her writing process is to write something, rip it up, and then start again, because then she knows which parts are important (bc those parts come up again in the second try). me personally i think that’s stupid as shit, so i never delete/destroy anything i write ever in case i can reuse it (and i have dozens of times), but the retrying advice is pretty sound tbh. if i’m stuck, i literally just stop, put the first draft away, and start a second one without even looking at the first one.

if neither of those work, i honestly leave the fic for a while. sometimes i return to it, sometimes it’s just not meant to be and it stays in my drafts forever. either way, don’t get too attached and don’t worry too much. you can write!

however if i’m stressing about posting before i go to bed and i truly cannot get ANYTHING to work, i write a random line of dialogue and see what happens from there.

“I told you to cut that out!”

“That looks disgusting, man.”

“Hey. Look at me, sweetheart.”

“You think that’s safe for, like…normal people? No offense.”

“Well, I like you.”

“Oh my God! You’re here!”

“You think she’ll notice if I swipe it?”

these are just the random ones i came up with now. i’ll just type out whatever response pops into my head, and a little tiny conversation/situation usually blooms around it. i never worry about length, either, i’ve posted things that were forty words before lol. my goal is to write a lot, and let quality come as it does, not really to stress too much about what i’m writing.

[nvrsaidiwasinurcloset]

Dude, I’m a fucking liar. The second I stop stressing myself about writing, I had SO MANY new ideas and ya girls inspiration came back. Currently over 4k words on this super smutty fic, and I’m STILL not done with it.

However, I’m not sure what tf happened, because all my requests are gone. I’m so sad because I’ve saved every single one that I hadn’t written yet until the inspiration strikes and now my ask box is just empty💔

I’m not sure exactly when I’ll post the fic I’ve been working on all afternoon because my brain is done for the night, and I have a lot going on tomorrow, but I’m going to get it posted soon💕

[blindmagdalena]

NEW FIC NEW NEW FIC

loved it so much omg your writing is chefs kiss 👩🏽‍🍳

thank you sm ilu!!! 🥰

i'm fixing up chapter two as we speak! i'm gonna try and keep a posting schedule of one every two weeks so i don't burn myself out, and i give myself time to properly finish the last two chapters. the feedback from y'all is so incredibly motivating! i've been in a pretty awful writing slump for over a month but this is helping me break it. 🖤