tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post6838917716349543615..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: Writer's BlockUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-20713922780752845442008-06-01T11:41:00.000-04:002008-06-01T11:41:00.000-04:00I never have writers block. But what I do is never...I never have writers block. But what I do is never finish up with what I'm writing. I always end in the middle of a scene so I know right where I'm going to start when I begin again.<BR/><BR/>When I first started writing, I had so little time to write, I couldn't bare to misuse any of it.<BR/><BR/>MarilynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-10213228082023722582008-05-28T12:41:00.000-04:002008-05-28T12:41:00.000-04:00This is a trick I was once suspicious would be a f...This is a trick I was once suspicious would be a flop, but I tried it and it works for me, even if I'm not so much blocked as I am apathetic or sluggish:<BR/><BR/>I take a book off of the shelf, maybe a favorite one, maybe just luck of the draw, and I find a passage, just a paragraph or two, and I re-type it. I re-type it again. And, again. I do this until it's pretty much memorized. Then I start to verbally cannibalize it and revise and change and morph. And, by then, I seem to be in a groove and can move on to my OWN notes, prior day's work, etc.<BR/><BR/>I have put one spin on this of which I am proud: I sometimes watch or just remember a favorite movie scene or story passage and I do essentially the same thing, but start with more of a transcription first, then keep rewriting that until I reach a good warmed up spot in which to really work out.<BR/><BR/>Not too crazy, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-46654066885614695182008-05-28T09:14:00.000-04:002008-05-28T09:14:00.000-04:00No, Rosemary--no unflattering characterization at ...No, Rosemary--no unflattering characterization at all! This is extremely helpful. Maybe I could have Alison search around for that elusive coq au vin recipe? Maybe that'll get my juices flowing. <BR/><BR/>Today's procrastination technique involved going to a local coffee shop and spending way too much time talking to two men about cars. I know nothing about cars, didn't know these gentlemen at all, and certainly didn't need an extra cup of coffee. (I'm off to regrout my tub.) MaggieDea, Kia, Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343657178001614404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-65975123243793307562008-05-28T07:09:00.000-04:002008-05-28T07:09:00.000-04:00Hmm..there's the practical, somewhat useful answer...Hmm..there's the practical, somewhat useful answer and then there's what happens most of the time. Sometimes I'll sit down and write a biographical sketch of one of my characters - not just the one paragraph basics - what do they have in their refrigerator, medicine cabinet or handbag, where did they go to school,etc. That usually gets me going. (Does this win me the unflattering characterization?)<BR/>More often than not though, I'll pop in a DVD of The Sopranos and see what Tony's doing.Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.com