How long have you been standing there?

By GalwayGirl · Oct 3, 2011 · 1.1K · 7
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  1. I find my creative juices flow better when I keep busy, it's the middle of the night so I grabbed my ipod from my room, put in my headphones, turned the music up and salsa danced (badly) around my kitchen. I was really into it, hips wiggling, feet moving, spinning having fun until :eek: there he was, my sisters boyfriend stood in the doorway, empty coffee cup in hand snickering.

    *facepalm* the shame, every closet dancers worst nightmare.

    He didn't mock me..... that much, but I have to say moving around and clearing my mind really helped me today I have gotten so much down on paper one of the hundreds of pens I swiped from has been begging me for a time out.

    So I am curious when you guys get stuck what do you do?
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  1. Shadow Reeves
    I drink, and quite heavily.
    it stops be being concerned about my characters and what they will do in the future if i write this particular section. Or how i structure my writing when (for instance) my character sees his father die.
    I just write.
    I am one of those people who have to plan out things - constantly planning - and when i drink that all flies out the window. My characters have amazing adventures that usually have nothing to do with the story, and generally get deleted. but sometimes i sit back and consider that perhaps "that is exactly what i wanted to say"

    This is also how i write all my university essays.
    Shadow Reeves, Oct 3, 2011
  2. Jakedolsey
    That's good advice haha however what I do is play guitar, sing, drink coffe and even force myself to write. Tends to work, if all else fails I kill things on my xbox xP
    Jakedolsey, Oct 3, 2011
  3. Jakedolsey
    That's good advice haha however what I do is play guitar, sing, drink coffe and even force myself to write. Tends to work, if all else fails I kill things on my xbox xP
    Jakedolsey, Oct 3, 2011
  4. mugen shiyo
    I don't really concentrate on writing really. It's a when I feel like it thing, so when I don't I just put it down and do something else. But the salsa dancing was funny, lol. These days, you're lucky you didn't wind up on youtube or something.
    mugen shiyo, Oct 4, 2011
  5. GalwayGirl
    He knows I would have killed him in his sleep if he filmed me and and youtubed it, besides I have pictures of him in my sisters bright pink dressing gown
    GalwayGirl, Oct 4, 2011
  6. James Berkley
    Glass of scotch, then the Wall street journal, if I have not yet, or the Times, if I have not yet.
    James Berkley, Oct 4, 2011
  7. laylaslullaby♥
    Alot of times, what I do is get up from wherever I've been sitting and get something to eat and to drink and then walk around the block - yes, even if its 3 am :) - or do some quick little exercises and then sit back down. I never force myself to write because the reader can always tell. And, if you read the story back to yourself, you'll notice it too. Hope this helped~
    laylaslullaby♥, Oct 5, 2011
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