tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post5690700476774573558..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: Writer's Block: Shan's thoughtsStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-73536766780351629672014-09-18T18:50:22.448-05:002014-09-18T18:50:22.448-05:00Wow, this is good. I'm definitely a panster. B...Wow, this is good. I'm definitely a panster. But I do brief outlining occasionally. When I'm stumped, I force more words out.Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-60777783791339993942014-09-16T21:30:05.551-05:002014-09-16T21:30:05.551-05:00Thank you! I totally will!Thank you! I totally will!Alexa Mintahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865586987033390255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-49973988510609807362014-09-16T15:11:33.313-05:002014-09-16T15:11:33.313-05:00YOU CAN DO IT, ALEXA! I believe!!! Look for my pos...YOU CAN DO IT, ALEXA! I believe!!! Look for my post on Friday. I think it might help!Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-22082446940579629142014-09-16T15:10:59.275-05:002014-09-16T15:10:59.275-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-78391233668853596962014-09-15T20:31:52.987-05:002014-09-15T20:31:52.987-05:00I love this post! I've been suffering from wha...I love this post! I've been suffering from what one might call "writer's block" lately, but it's really just your first reason: A lack of motivation. I've taken some time off, so I know that now I just have to sit my butt down and force myself to write. And I will do that until I can dropkick this writer's block out of my way.<br /><br /><br />Alexa S. Winters<br />thessalexa.blogspot.comAlexa Mintahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865586987033390255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-1969832463778416762014-09-13T20:34:54.529-05:002014-09-13T20:34:54.529-05:00Yes! Breathe! Enjoy! Let life inspire you. Yes! Breathe! Enjoy! Let life inspire you. Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-51746534503548126272014-09-13T20:34:27.024-05:002014-09-13T20:34:27.024-05:00Writing scenes from different POVs is such a great...Writing scenes from different POVs is such a great tip! Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-68136561271533949122014-09-13T20:33:57.567-05:002014-09-13T20:33:57.567-05:00You are SO not alone. :)You are SO not alone. :)Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-81155754645916212352014-09-13T20:33:38.365-05:002014-09-13T20:33:38.365-05:00It sounds like you're on the right track, girl...It sounds like you're on the right track, girl! Rests are necessary sometimes. When you don't know what to write, write anything! You don't have to keep it, but it will get those fingers moving and your imagination fired up.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-26212337716973642552014-09-13T20:31:20.794-05:002014-09-13T20:31:20.794-05:00Whoever said that "having written" is th...Whoever said that "having written" is the only happy place for a writer, was right. I CANNOT wait until I can say this about my work in progress.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-92147112516714991902014-09-13T20:30:34.724-05:002014-09-13T20:30:34.724-05:00Yay!Yay!Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-10409812634566547702014-09-13T20:30:21.361-05:002014-09-13T20:30:21.361-05:00It sounds like you just need to get in there and l...It sounds like you just need to get in there and let yourself get all messy. First drafts are rarely ever anything pretty to look at, but neither are second drafts. It is perfectly acceptable to write poorly. Just get the story out of your head on on the page. YOU CAN DO IT!Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-61583189029898286422014-09-13T08:12:35.478-05:002014-09-13T08:12:35.478-05:00I have suffered from writers block before...where ...I have suffered from writers block before...where I just don't feel like writing. I agree, though, not being under contract is nice. I discovered earlier this year that it really is a blessing I'm NOT under contract. At this point in my life I would get to stressed out. Hopefully sometime I will get a contract, but until then I need to remember to enjoy it. :)Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148388337994362163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-30411258703421447782014-09-13T05:06:03.903-05:002014-09-13T05:06:03.903-05:00What I usually do is: I think about the plot, if I...What I usually do is: I think about the plot, if I can change anything. Do I need to change the POV, just because this person isn't interesting enough? Should their happen something exciting? <br />Those are periods in which I just brainstorm and rarely write. And once I have the idea, I'll go and try it out. <br />Rereading favorite scenes is a good idea as well!<br /><br />arendedewit.blogspot.comArende de Withttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08143950359368928929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-45155859458166027012014-09-12T20:41:39.943-05:002014-09-12T20:41:39.943-05:00Hi Shannon!! Welcome to GTW!!! :)
I really like ...Hi Shannon!! Welcome to GTW!!! :) <br /><br />I really like the style you used to write this post! It was entertaining, and full of helpful advice. So many times I've struggled with so-called writer's block...glad I'm not the one. :)Whitneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-79116477022435164102014-09-12T20:28:28.670-05:002014-09-12T20:28:28.670-05:00I think you're exactly right and writer's ...I think you're exactly right and writer's block is so many things. Personally, for me it's usually either I'm feeling lazy, I wrote myself into a corner, or I'm going crazy from staring at a screen.<br /><br />Rereading my favorite scenes does usually help when I'm being so lazy I'd rather just forget about the story altogether. And I'm with you on the whole half-introvert-half-extrovert thing. I like being around people sometimes, but I get tired of it pretty easily and want to go hide by myself for a while afterwards. Usually when I'm writing on a laptop it's at my dining room table with all the noisy family around me, haha :) But if it's just me and my notebook I'll usually go sit out back on our lanai.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing! I've been really on-and-off with writing lately. I mean, I'll write like a whole chapter in one day and I'm pumped and everything, but then the next day I can't think of what to write next. So I don't. And then a week or two passes and I feel really lazy for not writing so I force myself to do it again and after about a page I figure out what I'm doing and do that whole chapter. And so on. But anyway, this is helpful. :) Thank you!Amanda Fischernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-21753732944174148892014-09-12T20:24:10.143-05:002014-09-12T20:24:10.143-05:00Hmm... I have a sister who restarts her story all ...Hmm... I have a sister who restarts her story all the time to make it fit a new idea. For example, she restarted her story five times last month. She's been doing that for about four years now, and she always says, "this is the last time I'm going to start over."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781882439096700951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-71310161545248913622014-09-12T19:40:31.704-05:002014-09-12T19:40:31.704-05:00I guess "writer's block" is a sort o...I guess "writer's block" is a sort of umbrella term for the various reasons we're not writing when we *could* be. Right now, for example, I finally don't have homework I have to do by tomorrow morning, but I'm not writing because a) by the end of a school week I'm mentally and physically exhausted and b) I'm starting a rewrite on a book that I'm still worried might be one for the "it was a good learning experience but it's time to move on" shelf. <br /><br />I thought on Tuesday that I was definitely giving up, but I felt so guilty and mournful every time something reminded me of the novel - a word I used a lot, a kid in my English class who looks exactly like one of my characters, even though I started writing the character long before I met the kid - that I decided I could maybe make this work after all. I mean, even though the MC isn't sounding quite right I love her in my head, and I love the premise and theme. Hopefully that will keep me motivated enough to fix the snafu of subplots that passes as a main plot. It's just so...headache-y. Which I've been told is normal for the first draft of a first novel, but still. I don't want to give up on it, but I don't really know how to work on it either. And I don't want to take another break from writing, since I already took six weeks between first draft, first readthrough,and then a lot of brainstorming time for the rewrite, and I miss writing. But I'm not doing it. *sighs* Maybe tomorrow, after I've slept more...Miri Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-36344083896477823062014-09-12T19:29:03.055-05:002014-09-12T19:29:03.055-05:00Mine is usually that I simply don't want to wr...Mine is usually that I simply don't want to write. I get lazy. I want that first draft to be done, already. Editing is my favorite, but that means finishing that first draft! Blerg.Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-32068842536714363442014-09-12T19:24:08.125-05:002014-09-12T19:24:08.125-05:00Yeah, that's it! :) Sometimes I talk things ou...Yeah, that's it! :) Sometimes I talk things out with my friends, most of the times they have no clue what I'm rambling about, they just listen, and then things will fall into place. :) Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861384032480877924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-91268669116113175732014-09-12T19:00:20.648-05:002014-09-12T19:00:20.648-05:00Oh my goodness, thank you so much for this post. I...Oh my goodness, thank you so much for this post. It has encouraged me a lot and has extreamly helpful tips on to get out of that place I've been stuck in often lately. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607547254475519982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-20197575288252460662014-09-12T18:23:29.042-05:002014-09-12T18:23:29.042-05:00Nature is a fabulous source of inspiration! I agre...Nature is a fabulous source of inspiration! I agree wholeheartedly. I'm desperate to live at the beach. It would do wonders for my writing, I'm convinced. Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-15325399661171479652014-09-12T18:21:41.036-05:002014-09-12T18:21:41.036-05:00I love this. I love that you're going out of y...I love this. I love that you're going out of your way to solve the problem and not just ruminating on the fact that you're stuck. Love it.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-71706721221401158302014-09-12T18:19:59.149-05:002014-09-12T18:19:59.149-05:00Good for you! That's exactly what you're s...Good for you! That's exactly what you're supposed to do at this stage. Once you fall utterly in love with something, you'll refuse to put it away and then you'll know it's worth your time. The tricky thing is when that thing you're in love with gets hard. Then, then you need some folks to hold you accountable and make sure you stay at it.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-52379756615681086202014-09-12T18:18:17.252-05:002014-09-12T18:18:17.252-05:00Good girl! I run into that a lot as well. It's...Good girl! I run into that a lot as well. It's the whole pantser thing. I'm telling you, try locking your characters in a room. Make them talk to one another. And then report back. I'm curious to know if it works for others.Shannon Dittemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07757781231485815876noreply@blogger.com