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Scheherazade
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 Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject: Writing habits |
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| I love writing but I have a very difficult time sitting myself down and doing the work. Do you have a regular time when you work on writing? Or do you write when the mood strikes you? How do you fit it around work or school and other life commitments? |
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Veresae
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to do it whenever, but I've found that you REALLY just gotta make it a habit. I work best at night. I hate doing it nightly because it's just too stressful and too limiting in the schedule, though. So on my current novel I'm trying to do a chapter a week for the summer while I still have time! |
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Aalto
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| It happens when the mood strikes me, but since people laugh at what and how I write, I generally don't. |
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aspiebeauty87
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: Well... |
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Me personally i just write what i feel at the moment.
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JohnHopkins
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Even though the guy that probably influences me most, Nick Cave, has working hours for writing, I do not.
In fact, I'm quite the opposite. I write in any way possible. I always have a pen and paper with me so that any time a lyric hits me I can write it down.
Not keeping a routine is what challenges me as a writer. Writing from scratch. Writing from a title. Writing from a new chord. Writing music around someone else's lyrics. It's all a way to stretch your ability just like a muscle. |
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Veresae
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| It's easier with short stories. I've sat down and thought out and written a surprisingly good short story in just two hours. It's a fun thing to do. But my true passion lies in novels with super complex plots. AND THOSE TAKE FOREVER! |
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dtoxic
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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I used to enjoy writing, and I'm trying to start a novel. But I'm finding I can't do it anymore. It's not "writer's block" - it just seems like writing is an unpleasant chore now.
I hope that changes back to what it used to be. |
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IdahoRose
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm currently trying to document the inner workings of my imaginary world, but it's extremely difficult to start writing once I sit down. So I just write whenever I feel like it, which isn't often. |
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