Wanted: More Writer's Block

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Wanted: More Writer's Block

by alecweston ^Pro @ 2009-09-04 – 15:51:54

I am in serious danger of running out of excuses.

I've thought the structure through in my head. I have produced an A4 page outline. Revised it several times. Ridiculed it, started all over. And I've spent over a month mining my imagination to come up with reasons NOT to start writng my next novel.

Sample Excuses
~~I need to fill in my tax form~~. I need to worry about not filling in my tax form.

I need to buy some wireless headphones, so I can listen to new music while working without strangling myself.

I need some new, non-Word software so I can... ( it's too boring to explain)

I want to visit every friend I have in Britain. E-mail all those strangers I have met on trains.

I ~~want~~ need to visit Barcleona, for location research.

I need to do the washing up.

It's time to write another blogpost! And lots of Comments!

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Now I am desperate for new, totally convincing reasons to put off beginning my new novel. Please post them here before I give up the unequal struggle and actually start to (ugh!) write.
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- soyunperdedor ^Pro
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- 2009-09-04 @ 16:27:27
You don't really want to?
- - alecweston ^Pro
  - 2009-09-04 @ 16:43:48
  Um... er...
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- brokendownangel ^Pro
- 2009-09-04 @ 17:55:34
Don't make any more excuses - get your arse to Barcelona
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- barneyrulz
- 2009-09-04 @ 18:38:36
I didn't know you could get wireless headphones.

Why don't you want to start writing? Or is it that you do but you think you don't have time?

I am going to have to agree with brokedownangel on this one x
- - alecweston ^Pro
  - 2009-09-04 @ 18:59:48
  Yes! There are two types - bluetooth, which only work with bluetooth-enabled devices (look at me with all the jargon!) which can include iPods & iPhones as well as Macs and PCs. They can be relatively cheap (£15 and upwards). But most shops, even in London, seem to be sold out of them at the moment. Technical problems with them? A new development comping soon? No one seems to know.
  
  Or there are RF (radio frequency) headphones, with a separate transmitter which can be plugged into any headphone socket (eg on a TV or hifi, as well as PC). Of course they are more expensive. Of course I have bought some. Of course they forgot to include the rechargable batteries which they are sending me. Of course I am regretting spending all that money... They can work up to 200 metres awy from the source.
  - - barneyrulz
    - 2009-09-04 @ 19:27:45
    Those sound good. I have tried to get up far too many times when my headphones have been attached to my computer. It's like I must think the music is just in my head or something
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- - alecweston ^Pro
  - 2009-09-04 @ 19:07:15
  Oh - I didn't see your second and third questions!!
  
  I've got the time to write, but also a block, a kind of fear. Lots of writers get it in some form or another.
  
  Recently, I've been wondering if I stopped blogging so much I'd be able to get started. On the other hand, the basis of a lot I want to write about can be found in this blog.
  
  In factm though, since writing this blog, I have made a start. x
  - - barneyrulz
    - 2009-09-04 @ 19:30:55
    Well done for making a start. Try not to worry too much about writer's block.
    I think that blogging is useful for the imagination because it allows you to see into different personalities and maybe write people in a more in depth way. Plus it just lets you into situations pretty far removed from your own life.
    
    I understand the whole fear thing though. My mum has block and deadlines and she's freaking out. All the worry really isn't good for her but I don't what to do. In the end we need the money.
    
    I hope your writing goes well x
    - - alecweston ^Pro
      - 2009-09-04 @ 19:41:42
      Thanks. It really does help to have your interest and sympathetic support.
      
      The need for money, and the fear of not having it, is a terrible motivator, because it can just freeze up your creatuve juices.
      
      My blocks and stuff is also - although I try mot to admit it - related to my visits to my mother. She is so emotionally demanding (even more for my sister) and she now so clearly terrified of dieing. Invariably on the day before I see her (eg today) I get into a strange mood.
      - barneyrulz
        
        2009-09-04 @ 19:46:57
        
        Having other things to think about makes writing really difficult. I know my mum is having difficulties keeping her mind of her writing too.
        
        I'm really sorry about the situation with your mum. Could you find some other kind of psychological help for her? Because it seems like a pretty difficult situation for you and your sister to deal with alone. Maybe some kind of counselling would be helpful to her? Or is that exactly the kind of thing she would hate?
        
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        alecweston ^Pro
        
        2009-09-04 @ 20:28:52
        
        Exactly what she would hate! Although, maybe if we could find a priest, as mum is a convert Catholic...
        
        I'm hoping to write a poem related to this soon
        
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