Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any.
Comment preview: The best piece of advice I ever received was: 'if you have writers block, lower your standards and keep going' I personally think writers block is largely misunderstood. I think it's something you do to yourself rather than something you get. If you're ha ....
Comment preview: Get drunk first, then write. I am not trolling. This really works. How it works is: writer's block occurs when one is doubting what s/he is trying to write. This is bad because in human brain, most of the information is stored in the unconscious part of th ....
Comment preview: > Words, when deployed in relation to the vagina, are always more than "just words". > ... > When a judge says "Guilty" to a defendant, or a groom says "I do", the words alter material reality. Almost any noun or verb or phrase can "alter material ....
Comment preview: My biggest insecurity, if I'm being honest with myself, is that the path I'm heading with my life relies on talents, discipline, and abilities which I may not possess in the same way I thought I did. Ever since I was little, I've structured myself as a phi ....
Comment preview: I've heard him talk about this at signings. He views writing as his job. He does it for 8+ hours a day, every day. He points out that people like mechanics or heart surgeons don't get out of doing their job by claiming oil change block or heart surgery blo ....
Comment preview: Oh, that explains a lot. A while back I was reading about whether there were any proven, studied techniques to avoid writer's block. The number one best method was to stop writing when you have one page left to write, but no more ideas after that. Then you ....
Comment preview: I certainly agree with many of your points, however maybe the best analogy and way to think about it would be compare a content creator's boredom to an author's writer's block. Just as an author cannot force himself to produce a New York Times Best Seller ....
Comment preview: I've always enjoyed writing, but I thought I wasn't good at it. Now I'm sitting here with over god who knows how many words written in 132 chapters with more than 3 thousand subscribed readers. I have three other stories I'm writing that aren't getting see ....
Comment preview: Hey JGL! Glad to see you return and I had two long winded-ish questions for you. First, I m a huge fan of Neil Gaiman s *Sandman* saga and cannot wait to see how you get this project to the masses. Besides a lack of fist fights, is there anything about you ....
Comment preview: *I'm* a [writer](http://www.nearlydeparted.net), and I'll have you know that your roommate was simply making use of his Literary Vision. It's this neat power that we develop after eventually going insane from writer's block. See, when you're trying to get ....
Comment preview: Creativity works like this: The more you use it, the more of it you have. Here is some advice for you. Some of which you probably already know, but it's probably worth hearing it again: 1) Write every day. If you are pressed for time, then use a timer. Eve ....
Comment preview: Reduced inhibition and increased desperation. Both are key elements in creativity. I'm not sure how well this will fit your math homework example, but I have found what follows to be true about writing/programming through much suffering. One of the bigge ....
Comment preview: The thing is: what is the point of writingprompts? Is it to showcase peoples' writing? Is it to bounce story ideas off of each other? Is it to keep all of the completely-fiction /r/askreddit responses in one place? No, it's simple - it's the first thing on ....
Comment preview: I'm always curious too. I think the reassuring thing is, the more you hear about other writers' processes, the more you realize there is no one right way to do it. You write in whatever way gets the job done for you. I personally don't outline: That would ....
Comment preview: **CONTEXT:** You don't need that! I provided annotations for ~~American'ts~~ ~~Teabeggars~~ you. No, I will never make a comic without the Netherlands, and no, this is not related to Sheriff Suriname (I wouldn't *dare* to touch that legend), but yes, I h ....
Comment preview: OP's perspective is untrue in my experience. I unexpectedly began writing a scifi/theology/superhero novel last year. It's a weird combination I know, but it's working so far. I also say unexpectedly, because I had only decided to take a moment to write do ....
Comment preview: Ideally, I spend the first 5-8 hours of my day learning science/math, then 3-4 hours writing jokes, then 2-4 hours reading a book, then at the end of the day I draw. In practice, I often have to lose days to work on the sketch comedy stuff. Also, typically ....
Comment preview: Oh yes. I wrote a 100k word encyclopedia for a fantasy world that I haven't let anyone see. It's got a written list of countries, theology, races, cultures, cultures with respect to races, major historical characters, wars, and a list of every major count ....
Comment preview: I'll be completely honest: if I can't write, I don't want to outlive my 65-year-old mother. I've had writers block for nearly two years now---every time I put words on the page, the little editor in my head screams, "not good enough, not good enough." Writ ....
Comment preview: When I write a song it can happen a few ways. Usually it starts with a melody in my head and I'm like, "okay - let me get this on paper before I forget it." Then I tinker with time and BPM. I'll save the same melody on a track in different BPM to decide wh ....
Comment preview: I think Hannah is part of Lena Dunham's project to deconstruct *Sex and the City*. Hannah is the Carrie of the group, but instead of living a carefree life of plenty (somehow able to afford an apartment in Manhattan and a ton of shoes on a writer's salary) ....
Comment preview: Hi Kev, First off, I want you to know that I absolutely adore your work. It was your work that pushed me in the direction of wanting to become a writer in the first place (even going as far as adding on a Creative Writing minor to my college degree in Grap ....
Comment preview: I don't know. I read it at 17/18. It was pretty heavy handed with the religious commentary. You'd have to be retarded to miss it. The real problem with the trilogy is that the brilliant setup is hollowed by a third book and ending that is preposterous and ....
Comment preview: 1) I see this phantom cubical chasing me, over my shoulder. If I slow down, it catches me, and I have to go get a regular job and become an insurance salesman or something. 2) Well, sometimes I have to just close the browser (and the like fifty tabs wor ....
Comment preview: Sometimes when I'm stuck, I'll open an English textbook, and do the homework. There are a lot of college writing textbooks that will include essays and short stories, and after reading the story or essay, there will be questions such as "*Have YOU Had any ....
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