I think I have the ultimate solution to writer’s block- agreeable?
I think the ultimate reason why people have writers block is because there are no more good ideas. True?
- Sebastian B
Tags: People, Reason, Ultimate Solution, Writer S Block, Writer's Block
October 17th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Hee. You said in your title you have a solution but actually what you have is a reason. Okay. Partly, i can agree with you cos sometimes’ it’s true that a writer ran out of ideas, thats why the writer had a block but there are also cases where by there are loads of ideas but the writer couldn’t find the best way to write his idea; and thus being stuck, having a block.
So my answer is 50% true.
October 18th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Maybe. I think its a combination of that and just that people are too lazy to find inspiration or lazy in general.
Musically, I wrote 2 cds back to back and now I’ve taken a 1.5 year hiatus from writing. I’m about ready to get back in and start on a 3rd. I got alot of ideas. It was nice to take a break.
The bass player is also nagging me as well
October 19th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
That isn’t a solution, that is an explanation. And no, there are still plenty of good ideas, and writing well involves more than just the creation of new ideas anyway. In my experience, writer’s block is more of a lack of having the thoughts well defined and organized before starting than a lack of ideas completely.
October 19th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Not exactly, there are more ideas out there, we just can’t imagine them. We need a push from something outside our realm of thinking. Til then, we’re stuck rehashing the same girl-meets-boy(or any mix there) and salvation themes over and over again. But it’s not hopeless! XD
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 am
If a writer has no ideas then they have nothing to write about just like if you have nothing to say, what will you say?
A friend of mine’s who is a fulltime novelist told me once that he finds it easy to write, and that he enjoys revising over and over and over again. He even revises work after it’s published which was a first for me when I heard him say that.
Now different writers have different MOs when it comes to writing. Some wait for the “inspiration.” Others struggle when it appears that the “muse is on vacation.”
Once the idea is fleshed in your mind, all you have to do is write it out no matter how stupid and unflattering it looks on paper.
Very much like sculptors who decide that they want to carve out a horse from a huge rock. Once that is determined, even though they have no idea what the final thing will look like, they at least know that it is a horse that they are working on.
Sculptors cannot begin to give shape to what they don’t see in their mind—same thing with writing.
Otherwise, it would be like composing a letter without knowing what you are going to say. The idea MUST come first. Where it will go is part of the wonderful experience of writing.
Other writers work from detailed outlines and have the ending clear even before they begin.
There are general “rules” but none written in stone to be sure.
Do you do something when you “feel like it” or when you have to?
How you answer that question will determine whether you are a dabbler or a professional in that particular thing.
Here’s a definition of a being a “professional” (and this applies to everything—not just writing)
“A pro does what they have to do when they have to do it, whether they feel like doing it or not.”
Likewise an amateur does stuff when they “feel like it” and they get “blocked” when they don’t
Most pro writers do not suffer from writer’s block.
Sorry for the long answer—good luck and “write on!”
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
What a statement. I won’t say what kind because I don’t want to get suspended again. But dang.
A long time ago, circa 1900 or maybe 1800, there was a guy who was named the head of the patent office and he went into this office saying that the whole department should be done away with because everything worthwhile had already been invented. Just think: If the government, or President, whoever, had listened and shut down the patent office, maybe you wouldn’t be sitting in front a computer reading this right now. Think of all the things that have been invented since that time–washing machines, vacuum cleaners, typewriters (forerunner to keyboards!), airplanes–the list is just endless. And this idiot wanted to shut down the patent office.
And so you think there no more good ideas to be had? If I were you, I’d be rethinking my thought process. What a ludicrous statement.