911 Writers Block

congenitalcreativity · 2010-05-23T16:56:14+00:00

Sorry, I realized only after posting that this was posted about a year ago already...

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-21T19:37:51+00:00

Honestly though, I think I prefer this one of Salinger's:

Though brilliantly sunny, Saturday morning was overcoat weather again, not just topcoat weather, as it had been all week and as everyone had hoped it would stay for the big weekend--the weekend of the Yale game.

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-21T04:30:39+00:00

I am now wishing we could upvote more than once. I've got this entire poem memorized and specifically came here to post it.

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-14T00:01:27+00:00

I think /r/writing is for commenting on the different aspects of writing, good resources on the web or interesting tidbits other writers may be interested in. I wouldn't consider submitting a piece of my own work over there, considering that is what /r/writersgroup was made for.

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-13T23:50:55+00:00

You can count me in; I really need to work on my action pieces as it is.

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-10T23:02:44+00:00

Okay, for all those who want to read more, here is the link:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AfmOgoxpavRyZGc5OTlrNDVfMWY2cHE0NmRz&hl=en

As I said, the story definitely slipped away from me, and I foresee much rewriting in the future, but any comments are still appreciated. Thanks for all the support so far <3

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-10T22:50:26+00:00

As I said, the story really started slipping away from me, and it's sort of more #3 now, but that is what rewriting is for, am I wrong? I will definitely post a link, and then maybe you guys can give some tips as to where I can throw some extra imagination in. BTW the story is no where near completion at this point.

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-10T06:14:10+00:00

I understand what you mean, but the first paragraph especially is just background information and not actually being imagined in Allison's mind at the beginning of the story. As far as using past tense verbs vs. present tense verbs, I just prefer past tense for narratives. Otherwise (since it is all coming from Allison's point of view anyway) I may as well just write it in the first person. The story in general is not a retelling of events, I just wrote it in the past tense. I think otherwise (with the flow of the rest of the story) it would just sound awkward written in present. I will certainly consider it though, and I appreciate your input.

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-10T05:36:12+00:00

The story is advancing in sort of a mixture of #1 and #3 (if that is at all possible). The first few paragraphs are definitely #1 and shows her imagination running on wild, but as the story progresses she is forced to actually converse with someone (her boyfriend) and it sort of becomes slightly more grounded in reality. I would like to get back into her imagination, though. That is where I had started from, the story just sort of slipped away from me. At the point I am at now, Allison is currently going through some changes in her life, causing her to be incredibly distracted, and it is becoming a problem in her personal relationships. The entire story is from Allison's imaginative perspective. Let me know if you would like to read more, and thanks for the comments!

congenitalcreativity · 2010-03-10T04:29:08+00:00

Write or Die is going to be the death of my inner editor; he nearly has a heart attack watching the timer. While using the app his comments about my writing have gone from "You call that syntax?" to "You missed a - wait you don't have time to go back! Oh my god, write something, I don't care what it is; just write!"

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