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Re: How to Make Writing a Lot Easier

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Post by BiteCode_dev » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 6:12 PM UTC

lumenwrites wrote: post #65

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #18

I really never understood writer's block. I can write 10000 words on the spot on any random word picked out of the dictionary. Even a one I don't know at all. Friends loved to test me on this, picking up some BS topic and see if I can come up with a scenario or a song. Then after a few minutes of my rambling they get bored of course. Having something to say doesn't mean it's interesting. My problem is rather to learn…

Haha, this thread is amazing to read! People who reply to your post try to explain why the writer's block is a thing, and inadvertently demonstrate the reason it is a thing for them and not for you. They talk about how easy it is to write random words and how hard it is to write well, and you keep explaining that you're supposed to remove the filters, start by writing random words, and then edit until it's good. I th…

You just did it with this comment though. Now find how you did it and apply it somewhere else

Re: How to Make Writing a Lot Easier

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Post by nathias » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 6:14 PM UTC

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #48

nathias wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Writer's block doesn't mean you can't write random words, it means you can't write something in a way to properly continoue your work.

It's the same, the only difference is filtering and shaping, and keeping up at it. It's a cycle. Babble, filter, shape. Then babble again. Sometimes you skip directly to write well shaped words because you are in the zone. Sometimes you just embarrass yourself because you are in public, and there is no opportunity to shape and filter. But the process is the same, at least for me. I assume other people do it different…

Have you never been tired?

Re: How to Make Writing a Lot Easier

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 6:17 PM UTC

aazaa wrote: post #54

> It’s a lot of writing to do in any given week, but I don’t care. I want to write it all. I write all day to work, and then I think about writing all night to relax. In the late afternoon and evening, I am constantly, to paraphrase the great Walter Mosley, “percolating.” I remember an author once saying there are two kinds of authors: those who like to write and those who like to have written. The interviewee was in…

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Re: How to Make Writing a Lot Easier

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Post by mousepilot » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 7:24 PM UTC

MKais wrote: post #13

quickthrower2 wrote: post #5

Reading would be easier without the paywall

https://archive.is/Dp8zv You may also find this extension useful https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome

thank you, stuck with a large doc project and was hoping to read this!

Re: How to Make Writing a Lot Easier

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Post by BiteCode_dev » Thu, Sep 30, 2021, 9:41 PM UTC

nathias wrote: post #72

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the same, the only difference is filtering and shaping, and keeping up at it. It's a cycle. Babble, filter, shape. Then babble again. Sometimes you skip directly to write well shaped words because you are in the zone. Sometimes you just embarrass yourself because you are in public, and there is no opportunity to shape and filter. But the process is the same, at least for me. I assume other people do it different…

Have you never been tired?

I sleep a lot. A LOT.

Re: How to Make Writing a Lot Easier

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Post by Rd6n6 » Fri, Oct 01, 2021, 5:07 AM UTC

aazaa wrote: post #54

> It’s a lot of writing to do in any given week, but I don’t care. I want to write it all. I write all day to work, and then I think about writing all night to relax. In the late afternoon and evening, I am constantly, to paraphrase the great Walter Mosley, “percolating.” I remember an author once saying there are two kinds of authors: those who like to write and those who like to have written. The interviewee was in…

I just wrote the first 53k words of a new hobby (character driven horror) novel this month. I think it’s between 1/2 to 2/3rds done and it’s been a lot of fun so far.

It takes some dedication but the hardest part is starting, especially when everyone assumes their first story will be great. After you put in the time and practice and then write your first 10 pages, the next 180 are relatively easy.

The first things people write will be bad. You have to just practice until you get past that and most people get discouraged before then. It’s an extremely fun and relaxing hobby if you can get past that bump

Edit: sigh… I have an in progress writing prep app with a trailer and everything but it’s not hosted yet, so I can’t link to it. Serves me right for putting it off