March 10th, 2015 at 04:19am
1. What do you do in these situations? (Whether it's what I've mentioned doesn't work for me or not.)
If I'm writing something and find that I've lost my zing for it, I'll either leave it for ages and not touch it until I get the inspiration again, or I'll just keep writing, knowing it's total garbage and not how I wanted it to come out, and then come back to it a little later, read through, and I find it makes it easier to edit/start again with something already being there. A blank page to me is more offputting than a poorly written chapter.
2. Do you have any wacky ways you get inspired? (This question is very like number one, but different enough to get its own number I think.)
I get inspired sometimes just listening to music or having a conversation, or a random thought will just pop into my head. It's sorta... not something I can plan or rely on. Most of writing for me is just a matter of discipline.
3. What part of writing do you usually get stuck on? (Openings/Characters/etc.)
I sometimes get stuck on the opening paragraph for a chapter, but it usually comes to me. I absolutely hate ending stories. I find one-shots easier to end than chaptered stories because I feel the need to summarise the ideas of the entire story in that one final sentence and it's usually a mess haha D: Sometimes I get stuck with characters. I know what they're like but I forget to write it into the story because it feels like it's a given, and then I remember that I'm the only one with access to the exclusive chapters in my brain :P
-I sometimes have to leave it for awhile and just let myself daydream about it or force it to be the last thing I think about before I fall asleep. Don't give up, if it's got the bare bones of a good idea don't let it slip through the cracks. If you get stuck, you probably made a misstep somewhere and need to go back and find it, sometimes the snag in the story isn't where you think it is but before that.
2. Do you have any wacky ways you get inspired?
Walking around helps, also pacing around my room, music definitely helps me get back in a character's head! Sometimes you just need to find their song.
3. What part of writing do you usually get stuck on? A few chapters in I always seem to snag! Everything is good so far and I already know all the things I want to write but I don't know how to explain it, I always snag there.