First, I spend about an hour staring blankly at the computer screen (why this is important, I don't know, but it appears to be part of my de-Writer's Blocking).
Second, I treat myself to a bunch of chocolate and tell myself it's okay, I'm not a failure.
Once I'm bloated on chocolate, I return to my computer and write something else for a while, generally something that is so terribly written I'd be ashamed to show my face anywhere were it to get out somehow.
Then, I just go back to whatever it was I was working on and usually my Writer's Block is gone. I have no idea why. I hope it works for you. The masters thesis is a nasty one. Good luck, sounds like an interesting thesis.
Helen of Pylos
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Re: Getting past Writers Block, how do YOU do it? by
on 2008-06-25 18:36:00 UTC
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So far... by
on 2008-06-25 17:20:00 UTC
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Other than the fact that Furinkan High appears to be in Canada, and everybody has been moved there, and the fact that Kasumi is a secret agent, and the fact that Endymion survived a plane crash only to die smacking his head into a sink in the bathroom of a boat, and the further fact that Female!Ranma is replacing Endymion as the bearer of Earth's power, and Principle Kuno is calling himself The Drake, and has decided to enroll Female!Ranma under the name "Sunshine"...
It all seems to be going great!
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Getting past Writers Block, how do YOU do it? by
on 2008-06-25 16:52:00 UTC
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Well I'm currently writing up my masters thesis (Nutrient/Gene Interactions in Breast Cancer). The deadline for my first draft is Monday, and what happens? The dreaded Writers Block (and it fully deserves those capital letters!). I've tried reading around the subject, I've tried reviewing what I've already written, I've tried banging my head against the desk (getting some odd looks from the other people in the office), but not much is coming out. I'm getting about 1000 words a day written, and what I want is more like 5000!
So what do other people do when this dread condition strikes you? Also has anyone else noticed that it only ever happens when you have a deadline?
To answer my own question I would usually write something else, but obviously that is not an option at the moment!
An increasingly crazy Crystal
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Apparently so! (nm) by
on 2008-06-25 16:52:00 UTC
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*smites enter key* by
on 2008-06-25 07:09:00 UTC
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Ahem, as I was saying: that seems like a very interesting choice of warnings. And by interesting, I mean bad. You're a brave soldier to try reading that.
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sorry, no gmail, hotmail by
on 2008-06-25 06:20:00 UTC
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I don't know how well that will work.
Maybe sending it as a notepad document will work?
letohaven@hotmail.com
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Re: :D by
on 2008-06-25 03:08:00 UTC
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It's funny, I can understand the urge to write fanfic, but some of the stuff out there is so...I don't know, ludicrously, mind blowing-ly bad, it kind of defies imagination.
And, yeah, bad crossovers...Tamora Pierce's fanfic has way too much of it (as well as some pretty awful Mary Sues).
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I'm psychic. XD (nm) by
on 2008-06-25 03:07:00 UTC
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*snicker* 78? Really? (nm) by
on 2008-06-25 02:57:00 UTC
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When I saw this... by
on 2008-06-25 02:54:00 UTC
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My first thought was "Student Government Association?"
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Hm. by
on 2008-06-25 02:53:00 UTC
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Well, if the fic hasn't completely slammed the canons out of character, you could always just give them a warning. But if they make a bunch of other mistakes with grammar and common sense, then it's probably enough to kill them off towards the end of it.
You can either mention that there's no more story, but the Sues are ridiculously upstaging the canon characters enough to be sporked, or you can just kill them off with what's been given and pretend like it's some kind of screwed up ending(Example:'Look, the Words stop because the author has failed. I think we should kill them before they run out.').
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Disturbing warning code sighted. by
on 2008-06-25 02:50:00 UTC
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So the warning code of this fic reads as "WAFF, gore, dark, humor" and I don't see how that can possibly be a good thing, so I'm posting it before reading it in case I don't survive the horror.
It says it falls under Ranma 1/2 and Sailor Moon.
Ranma is supposed to be "Sailor DarkStar" with that capitalization.
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/90308/
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Go ahead, help yourself. (nm) by
on 2008-06-25 02:28:00 UTC
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*gives in* by
on 2008-06-25 02:26:00 UTC
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Could I have Inarra Scerra? Please?
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ta very muchly (nm) by
on 2008-06-25 02:13:00 UTC
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All done now! by
on 2008-06-25 01:32:00 UTC
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Hope it helps ^^
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Welcome! Have an iguana! (nm) by
on 2008-06-25 00:29:00 UTC
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Don't need Permission to beta by
on 2008-06-25 00:28:00 UTC
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There's a section of the wiki about beta readers. http://ppcwiki.wikilot.com/wiki/PPCBetaReader_Directory
Just put your name in. (The wiki has lots of other useful information, so definitely look around!)
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I see them as you make them by
on 2008-06-25 00:27:00 UTC
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Such are the wonders of technology. Means Trojie can tell me bedtime stories.
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Yep, I got it. by
on 2008-06-25 00:17:00 UTC
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Do I need to send it back? Or do you just see the changes as I make them? (And I need all three t's, one-t and two-t versions were taken :D)
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Really, is it THAT HARD to spell Malcolm? (nm) by
on 2008-06-24 23:12:00 UTC
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wait, I got it by
on 2008-06-24 23:10:00 UTC
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Just how many Ts in a row do you need? I only have twentieth of normal human vision here, you know. :P Shared now?