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Tenku
01-21-2005, 09:20 PM
Guess what? Another monolouge.


I'm writing at a fair pace on my stationary paper, maybe 30 words a minute. That doesn't sound grand, I know, but this is on paper. It kinda looks like chicken scratch if you ask me. But slowly, over the time... my words become scratched out or scribbled indistinctly, my thoughts are scrambled, and I grow frustrated.

Suddenly, I realize I could not write another word. I lay my pen down on my notebook and sigh. I basically have a brick wall staring down at me, threatening to topple over me at any minute.

There's two options. One, try to make something up that you just know that could work, but not quite there in order to say "Well, at least I have something down," and go ahead and start again. I use this tactic when I have a event that I just want get over with. (or too impatient to write the leading to...) Don't use the lead up in the final draft, or else it's not gonna be pretty...

Or two, the easiest but most cowardly act, scrap it. Yeah, I know some of you do this on a regular basis, saying that it doesn't make sense or you just f'ed up. Believe me, this happens all the time. If I happen to scrap my draft, I often keep the paper. For me, it just provides some ideas; like if I had a great one and tie it to something else, I'll just transfer it to the paper and viola, I have something.

Of course, there's that hidden option, and it's the most used for me. Just walk away. Take a long break, go for a walk, play video games, sit on the thinking chair for a while. You may laugh, but my dad told me you can have great ideas sittin' on the can. I may try that someday.

It's been a week since I written a word. My sketchbook is partially filledof things, a pair of eyes (I'm proud of managing to draw Rowan's eyes since he has heterochromia (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/17220.htm)...drew his left eye a bit darker than I wanted and erased it... loo, what great results!) two swords and a hallway with a grenade on the floor.

I open my notebook and fish out my black ink pen and open the book to the back of my written page. I sigh again. I think I'm ready to write again.
I open my notebook and I hear the brickwall crumbling in my mind.

ArtificialIdiot
01-22-2005, 03:55 AM
Heh, now there's something we can all relate to.

Interesting piece of writing, too! Some pretty nifty ideas, like writers block being a wall in the brain. The only real critism I have is with this bit...

"One, try to make something up that you just know that could work, but not quite there in order to say "Well, at least I have something down," and go ahead and start again. I use this tactic when I have a event that I just want get over with. (or too impatient to write the leading to...) Don't use the lead up in the final draft, or else it's not gonna be pretty..."

It took a bit of time to digest, two or three reads. I don't know if it's just me being up so early in the morning, but it confused me quite a bit. The paragraph seemed a bit loose, going from one idea to the next without really geling togeather as a whole. If you understand what I mean... and if not, I can't really think of a better way to write down my feelings at the moment. :sweat:

Oh yeah, great title too. It really grabbed my attention and pretty much made me want to read it. :)

Tobias
01-22-2005, 07:33 PM
That was pretty good, and I can totally relate to it.

Tenku
01-22-2005, 08:06 PM
Thanks. :anime:


AI, yeah I know it's a wee bit loose. I didn't have a clear mind when I typed this up. I meant, don't leave in the 'stupid' part or else the whole thing wouldn't make sense. I got your drift. :sweat: