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Writers block suck. Why do you guys do when you have writers block?
DragonShard

Sometimes I take a breather for a day or two, listen to music, just let the batteries recharge. I owe you posts too, sorry. Dragging butt tonight, heh.
xashley16 Topic Starter

I had it last night, that's why I went to bed. I've been staring at your last post for a while now. I have no idea what to say. Ughh. It's driving me nuts. & No worries, take your time.
DragonShard

No worries, if something comes to you roll with it. Otherwise, it can wait a bit until something fresh pops in :)
I just don't write. 'Course that works better when people aren't waiting on you... so it's nice to let people know if you're taking a break. ^^;

I know that sometimes, when I'm listing to music, I'll imagine little stories to go with it. Sometimes it focuses on melodies, sometimes it focuses on words. Story-songs, like those from Ayreon, are particularly good for that. Similar thing looking at artworks. It could help get some creative juices flowing that you can then direct toward your posts.

I've also sometimes found it helpful to dive into a longer post, adding and elaborating more than necessary just to make it a bit more interesting. A sort of relevant digression from the RP that still pulls back into it. (I know it prolly sounds weird to try replacing a no-write issue with over-writing, but it can be liberating.)

*shrugs* Just throwing things out there.
xashley16 Topic Starter

Thank you! Anything is helpful! :D
Novalyyn wrote:
I just don't write. 'Course that works better when people aren't waiting on you... so it's nice to let people know if you're taking a break. ^^;

I know that sometimes, when I'm listing to music, I'll imagine little stories to go with it. Sometimes it focuses on melodies, sometimes it focuses on words. Story-songs, like those from Ayreon, are particularly good for that. Similar thing looking at artworks. It could help get some creative juices flowing that you can then direct toward your posts.

I've also sometimes found it helpful to dive into a longer post, adding and elaborating more than necessary just to make it a bit more interesting. A sort of relevant digression from the RP that still pulls back into it. (I know it prolly sounds weird to try replacing a no-write issue with over-writing, but it can be liberating.)

*shrugs* Just throwing things out there.

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