Comments on: Writer’s Blah

By: Sarai

Sarai — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:27:44 +0000

I’m fortunate enough to have a mostly physical job, which frees my brain to think up stories while I work. The hard part is remembering enough of it to write it down when I get home…

Also my storywriting seems to correspond with my playtime. If I’m not playing much, I don’t have much to write about.
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By: teh Khol Abides

teh Khol Abides — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:03:02 +0000

Mostly, I play WoW… >.>
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By: Rollandren

Rollandren — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:30:27 +0000

The critical step for me has always been getting the mind flowing. Momentum is key, just consider Newton’s laws of motion. An object at rest stays at rest until it is acted on by an outside force, and an object in motion will stay in motion until something stops it. The brain works the same way. In my own experience at least, when the mind is racing what I’m writing just flows out onto the paper as long as I let it, without stopping to think about whether one phrase or another sounds right, or if one fact is quite correct. You can always go back and correct the details later.

It doesn’t even take writing about something Warcraft related to get the cogs turning, in my own case I find it helps to write about something, anything, even. On one occasion when I was stumped, late at night, I just took to going to sleep and waking up a bit earlier in the morning to write about whatever I dreamt. Since I was reading At the Mountains of Madness before bed at that time, this produced some remarkable acid trips that at least gave me something to write about. And if it doesn’t quite link back to Warcraft in some way, hey, at least you have some interesting material! Walks are also good, or else just do something you like and have fun with, and perhaps some inspiration can come out of it. Ideas often come when they aren’t looked for.

By: Kihara

Kihara — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:39:23 +0000

Getting the brain working on something else seems to work for me usually. Sometimes it’s other writing, sometimes it’s playing old RPG’s, sometimes it’s a walk in the park. Instead of nourishing the blah by struggling, I just let my mind roam elsewhere. Of course, that can sometimes take you faaaar away too.
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By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:57:39 +0000

Oh sure…just as soon as I pimp your blog–and specifically, Friday Five–you wimp out on me! And here I just got inspired…

Ah well, maybe I’ll still be able to send a few lost souls your way.
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