June 2021's Writer Support Thread

[lisamarlin]

There are lots of helpful ideas on this forum as well.

Here are some

Ideas for Dealing with Writer's Block - Master Thread

So… I am the master of procrastination and pushing things aside for later. I have been working on my game for over 5 years, I believe, probably even more. I have the beginning, middle and end already plotted out and have the outcomes of every character in mind already. Problem is that it’s been over 5 years, and so far all I have written is a good chunk of the first chapter finished, not even long enough for a beta test, and I already feel like this story isn’t going anywhere. Alongside total re…

Self-discipline when writing

There are a few procrastination and writer’s block threads, but as they all seemed quite personal I didn’t feel I had the right to revive them. So… Self-discipline: how do you encourage yourself to write regularly? how do you stop avoiding specific writing jobs? (Like proofing/coding) how do you avoid doing the things you shouldn’t be doing? Me: I know this topic is pretty generic, but I’ve been really struggling with my self-discipline recently. I told my partner about it last night and bl…

and I think this is my favourite comment

Ideas for Dealing with Writer's Block - Master Thread

Write. Best thing for writer’s block? Write. I don’t care if your first paragraph was beautiful prose and your second is “The cat went and sat on the mat. It was cool. Jane walked over to the fridge and saw a note on the fridge. It said:”. I don’t give one single shit. Plot and direction is important and everything else comes later. As long as you have a general idea of where you’re going, everything will fall into place soon enough. Just bullshit it. Just write the first couple things that c…

Hope you get back on the writing wagon soon!