Comments on: Can anyone help? I have writers block? http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block creative writing questions and answers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:44:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SageE http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block/comment-page-1#comment-15166 SageE Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:48:07 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block#comment-15166 Fiction is anything that isn't 100% true. Fantasy doesn't have to contain a shred of truth or even plausibility. There's a pretty wide range there to work with. It appears you may be more concerned with how your work will be classified than its innate quality. Just write, write and write more. Let the critics decide which genre, it doesn't matter. Sage E. www.publishandmarket.com Fiction is anything that isn’t 100% true. Fantasy doesn’t have to contain a shred of truth or even plausibility. There’s a pretty wide range there to work with. It appears you may be more concerned with how your work will be classified than its innate quality. Just write, write and write more. Let the critics decide which genre, it doesn’t matter.

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]]> By: amy http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block/comment-page-1#comment-4810 amy Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:07:32 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block#comment-4810 Fictional doesn't mean fantasy. Fictional means that the events, location and characters are all made up. I get inspiration for my stories from the things around me. For instance, a brother and sister fighting over a ball in the yard lead me to write a story about a brother and sister who didn't get along, yet took each other for granted. So when the sister died he realized just how much he really didn't hate his sister. I suggest you start with an outline. Doing so will help you get your ideas in a straight line, your characters, where you want to go with the story, where it takes place and so on and so forth. Fictional doesn’t mean fantasy. Fictional means that the events, location and characters are all made up. I get inspiration for my stories from the things around me. For instance, a brother and sister fighting over a ball in the yard lead me to write a story about a brother and sister who didn’t get along, yet took each other for granted. So when the sister died he realized just how much he really didn’t hate his sister. I suggest you start with an outline. Doing so will help you get your ideas in a straight line, your characters, where you want to go with the story, where it takes place and so on and so forth.

]]> By: Joshua http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block/comment-page-1#comment-4809 Joshua Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:15:11 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block#comment-4809 Read a Douglas Adams book. His work inspires. Read a Douglas Adams book. His work inspires.

]]> By: Ralph http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block/comment-page-1#comment-4808 Ralph Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:50:20 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block#comment-4808 Sketch the details of your main potential characters start with looks, mannerisms, background, etc. Write the details down - or even draw them if you are a visual person. Then take your main character or characters and imagine them in some new odd/out of the ordinary (out of your current work's context) places or scenarios – anything goes! Write down ideas on what would have to happen to your type of character or how they would react to the scenario you placed them in. This may seem futile, but it will help you flesh out your characters further and give you insight into what you may want to happen to this type of character in a potential story. You may even come up with multiple story lines and can see if one of them just seems to be the best or easiest to continue Strong well-crafted main characters can inspire readers to love your story as well as drive you to write a great story for these imagined beings to be in! :-) This should get you going. Then you may want to write an outline of you story (a kind of synopsis). MAKE SURE YOUR OUTLINE HAS A STRONG ENDING. I have heard that John Irving writes his endings first, down to the last line, and works backwards. The idea of the outline is to give you goals as you proceed. Writing the ending first may give you the "spark" you now need. Sketch the details of your main potential characters start with looks, mannerisms, background, etc. Write the details down – or even draw them if you are a visual person.

Then take your main character or characters and imagine them in some new odd/out of the ordinary (out of your current work’s context) places or scenarios – anything goes! Write down ideas on what would have to happen to your type of character or how they would react to the scenario you placed them in.

This may seem futile, but it will help you flesh out your characters further and give you insight into what you may want to happen to this type of character in a potential story. You may even come up with multiple story lines and can see if one of them just seems to be the best or easiest to continue

Strong well-crafted main characters can inspire readers to love your story as well as drive you to write a great story for these imagined beings to be in! :-)

This should get you going. Then you may want to write an outline of you story (a kind of synopsis).

MAKE SURE YOUR OUTLINE HAS A STRONG ENDING.

I have heard that John Irving writes his endings first, down to the last line, and works backwards. The idea of the outline is to give you goals as you proceed. Writing the ending first may give you the “spark” you now need.

]]> By: Black Velvet http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block/comment-page-1#comment-4807 Black Velvet Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:10:38 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block#comment-4807 umm y dont u try somthing like a medival style. or just pick somthing in a different time try reading 'The Covenant' by Hilda Stahl it's fisction and it's not that long but it could give u ideas on how to do it w/o the fantasy :) umm y dont u try somthing like a medival style. or just pick somthing in a different time try reading ‘The Covenant’ by Hilda Stahl it’s fisction and it’s not that long but it could give u ideas on how to do it w/o the fantasy :)

]]> By: Anna Og http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block/comment-page-1#comment-4806 Anna Og Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:48:37 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/can-anyone-help-i-have-writers-block#comment-4806 OK. Start by making a list of questions that you'd like to ask your characters. and then relax and let them tell you their anwers. OK.

Start by making a list of questions that you’d like to ask your characters. and then relax and let them tell you their anwers.

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