It may sound daunting but I think the solution involves quitting alcohol as well as every activity possibly related to its consumption.
Sometimes if I like an idea too much, I feel like I'm not even allowed to develop it.
The thing that slows me down is editing BEFORE I write, AS I write and AFTER I write. I once tried to write without the intervention of judgement...
@newjerseyrunner Ahh that's too bad, I thought for a second this was a real thing. It's not that I've written cryptically or anything like that,...
Really? Can you explain this a bit further? Sounds interesting. This is the feeling, indeed. And usually taking a long, long break can mend the...
I do use this method, but sometimes words rebel and start to write themselves
The act of writing is like walking for pleasure. (doing some editing too) The act of writing is a pleasurable walk. The act of writing is...
The act of writing is in itself like walking for pleasure.
I think I may have developed an inability to understand what I write (this is not a handwriting issue, I type). The recurrent symptom of the...
I feel like a big scary dog looming somewhere in the dark is already a lot of plot. Yes, and if those dialogues were inserted in a story that...
Maybe The catcher in the rye too? The reason I'm asking this is because I'm reading Raymond Carver's Will you please be quiet, please and it...
How often does it happen?
What if you allowed rhythm to emerge from your writing, instead of struggling to impose it? Maybe that could be more organic.
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