posted 01-01-2001 07:44 PM            

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just wondering how people personally hexed away this boogie man. what's your voodoo?

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posted 01-01-2001 07:46 PM            

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doggie style

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posted 01-01-2001 07:48 PM            

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Originally posted by cloudkick:
just wondering how people personally hexed away this boogie man. what's your voodoo?

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Never had it. I've had times when I didn't feel like writing even though I was falling behind on a project. I find reading something you've already read but loved helps me get back in the mood.

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posted 01-01-2001 07:49 PM            

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khouri,

unblock me, unblock me!

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posted 01-01-2001 07:50 PM            

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I only write when I feel inspired!
I never try to force fit it!

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posted 01-01-2001 07:51 PM            

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white,

i never did either until this past year. just broke it though. it wasn't really a block, more of i just didn't feel my stuff was hitting the high marks of before. i had some serious outside stuff weighing in, so i think that affected me. you really have to be somewhat egocentric to bull your way through this reality.

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posted 01-01-2001 07:51 PM            

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Now see, ya gotta remember that I've been "convinced" on this board to use logic, right? So...you're writing topics all over the place, cutie: you ain't blocked?

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posted 01-01-2001 07:52 PM            

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julie,

well that changes when they start paying you for it, and demand deadlines. but you'd be surprised how creatively lubricating cash is.

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posted 01-01-2001 07:53 PM            

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Originally posted by cloudkick:
white,

i never did either until this past year. just broke it though. it wasn't really a block, more of i just didn't feel my stuff was hitting the high marks of before. i had some serious outside stuff weighing in, so i think that affected me. you really have to be somewhat egocentric to bull your way through this reality.

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You don't mean me when you say you really have to be egocentric, I hope.

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posted 01-01-2001 07:53 PM            

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khouri,

nah, i just like juggling my balls, that's all. read any symbolism you want into that one.

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posted 01-01-2001 07:55 PM            

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cloud---as smart and funny as you seem to be here...I'm sure you have lots of female volunteers lining up to...give you a hand?

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posted 01-01-2001 07:55 PM            

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white,

no, i mean me. i always operated on a very high level of self-confidence, especially with writing. i had some big life situations that shook my tree a bit, my father dying and such. but i'm highstepping it once again.

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posted 01-01-2001 07:56 PM            

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khouri,

i've got an arabian appetite. actually, i have a beautiful girlfriend, i just like teasing around harmlessly, keeps the juicies flowing.

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posted 01-01-2001 07:57 PM            

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You may need to just tweak your perspective a bit... usually writer's block is just the name that we give that certain but unclear reason why we can't seem to write anymore... i have to take a break, and ask myself why i am not happy writing anymore... and more often than not, it's because of something seemingly unrelated to writing even though it is able to block your writing... i don't know if that helps any... sometimes rationality is not what you want, sometimes it's just a hug, some emotional support. and if that is the case... a big hug and some good luck!! michele

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posted 01-01-2001 07:58 PM            

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Cheat your way out of it. Write a scene from Romeo and Juliet or The Godfather or Born On The Fourth of July or whatever movie/play/tv show you enjoy exactly as it happened. Eventually, you'll be thinking enough about that scene that your own words should come right out.

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posted 01-01-2001 07:58 PM            

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'k

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posted 01-01-2001 07:59 PM            

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I've never really face writer's block (thank God) - but I do walk around asking myself, "well..what if..." alot. I have a pad and pencil by my bed and I write notes in it a lot - I'm most creative late at night - I'm not worth a damn first thing when I wake up.

Tina

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posted 01-01-2001 07:59 PM            

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You may need to just tweak your perspective a bit... usually writer's block is just the name that we give that certain but unclear reason why we can't seem to write anymore... i have to take a break, and ask myself why i am not happy writing anymore... and more often than not, it's because of something seemingly unrelated to writing even though it is able to block your writing... i don't know if that helps any... sometimes rationality is not what you want, sometimes it's just a hug, some emotional support. and if that is the case... a big hug and some good luck!! michele

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posted 01-01-2001 08:00 PM            

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laser,

thinks for the friendly beaming. actually it was because i felt myself drifting into crass commercialism too much, and not writing what drove my flag up. once i switched gears back, everything turbo'd again. can't lose yourself, or you'll never win it big.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:01 PM            

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khouri,

i hope that doesn't demote us from fencing any further, you seem like a lot of fun. can't get enough laughs in this world.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:03 PM            

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tina,

i used to be like that, but i think my cicardian (?) clocked changed or something, now i get a lot of great ideas in the morning. guess the dreams rub off onto the paper or something.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:04 PM            

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CLOUDKICK...
i'm glad to hear it. it's a crazy sort of journey, this writing shit, you know? peace.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:04 PM            

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CLOUDKICK...
i'm glad to hear it. it's a crazy sort of journey, this writing shit, you know? peace.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:04 PM            

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Verbally? Of course not!

(I've decided not to, you know, move to your city and camp out in the flower bed in front of your room, is all.)

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posted 01-01-2001 08:06 PM            

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white,

no, i mean me. i always operated on a very high level of self-confidence, especially with writing. i had some big life situations that shook my tree a bit, my father dying and such. but i'm highstepping it once again.

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My condolences on your loss. I've probably written a lot less than you. I'm also an actor, a teacher, I work two jobs and I've directed two lousy versions of my film. So I don't have enough time to write. Maybe that's why I never had it.

Again, I am sorry for your loss.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:08 PM            

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white,

your a good man, my friend. but maybe your branching out helps and stimulates the writing. i direct my plays too, and have toyed with acting, it's a blast. you gotta vary the life to make the writing interesting.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:09 PM            

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khouri,

well my rosebuds will miss you, that's all i can sayF!

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posted 01-01-2001 08:10 PM            

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laser,

well, my parole officer started me on it, so i just do it to stay out of the big house.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:10 PM            

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For me writer's block is mostly about not being eager to go into the intense writer's mode that produces the 1st draft: an all-consuming pre-occupation, late nights and caffeine alternating with alcohol. After I've laid that initial piece to rest, I usually forget about it and resume life... until I start coming back to the story on my own. That's when I start the re-write.

If you have a lot of interests or take on interests beyond hanging out with friends, then you should be able to keep your creative gears going.

Then again, I think I know it all--which I don't--but I'm still in denial.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:12 PM            

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Rosebushes, hmmm? So that's what the highstepping is all about?

(and I thought it was because they clink together when you walk...)

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posted 01-01-2001 08:14 PM            

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khouri,

well when they're made of brass you might as well join a band, ya know?

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posted 01-01-2001 08:15 PM            

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lune,

that is so true! man, i become socially extinct when i'm in high gear writing. totally inverted, oblivious to the outside world. it's like orpheus in the underworld, singing to the dead in your head.

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posted 01-01-2001 08:16 PM            

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Attaboy, cloud- shake 'em, but don't break 'em!

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posted 01-01-2001 08:16 PM            

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hey friends and neighbors, i gotta break off and doing my nightly karate workout. i'll be batmaning it back soon. love and unbridled lunacy to all!

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posted 01-01-2001 09:41 PM            

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i'm back for some more cajun cooking of the headcold!

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posted 01-01-2001 11:18 PM            

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stand on your head.

Holly

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posted 01-02-2001 12:07 AM            

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Okay.. writer's block home remedies. Dickie Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones said it best:Those are the times when you gotta do something crazy.

Let go of the wheel, Fight Club style. Catharsis. You have flooded your engine.... You have to trick yourself, find the primal scream. And then come back to it. That make any sense?

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posted 01-02-2001 06:58 AM            

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It really does make sense Lansky. It's like you just have to forget the whole idea of writing. Like eat screaming hot cajun food and then work out with a karate master (yea cloudkick!) for a few hours in *total* concentration. Sometimes I go ice skating because I'm not that great at it. It forces me to completely put my mind-to-the-matter so I don't fall on my ass in front of 14 year olds or break my knee caps. Then I might walk the mile or two home all in snowdrifts, or go to the hot tub at my health club and slip into a coma. etc. etc.

My other method is shameless procrastination that involves Napster and PGL. Opps. .

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posted 01-02-2001 07:06 AM            

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Actually I just came out of a period of procrastination on a re-write and am in the *mode*. A suggestion from my boss prompted the surge back to the script--which I never thought I'd get energized about again. The re-write is actually based on a sinister real estate devlopment plot that she always wondered about (we work in real estate.)

So I'm now in the alpha zone, and have to get back to work in general & the script overhaul when I can.

Fantastic thread--but I HAVE TO GET THE HELL BACK TO WRITING!!!!!!

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posted 01-02-2001 08:48 AM            

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I'm trying to break a block right now. I sat down at the computer yesterday and couldn't even type the first word. It was painful. I have the story and message in mind, but the characters aren't coming to me. It's maddening and it's something only another writer could appreciate. I just listened to Stephen King's audio book on writing. He tries to write 2000 words a day. I made a New Year's resolution to write 1000 words a day. I'm already 1000 words behind.

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