Round 61, Hour 12

[a-q.livejournal.com]

How goes your Saturday?

I have managed lunch, and now I'm enjoying a hot cup of apple & elderflower tea (delicious!). I'm also staring an empty file and a blinking cursor, I don't seem to have any luck luring back my missing writing mojo.

Anyone have some good tips how to get a story rolling? I got chocolate, that might help, do you think?

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Comments

[feralletters.livejournal.com]

Well, when I am having trouble starting I do a few different things:

- Trying to come up with just one scene I wanna write, even if it's just something minor. It helps me be bale to build stuff around that and then eventually, I'll be itching to write something.

- Putting together playlists is a great way for me to get in the right brainspace for words. I'll nest in music and ideas tend to come to me through the music and whatnot.

- If I have an idea but can't get the words, I either go for reading similar things to what I am going for. Sometimes it's a certain style choice, or it is a genre/pairing I enjoy and am trying to do. This can go for my own stuff too. If I'm trying to write for something I've already started, I go back and read what I've already committed to the screen and that can help.

As for how I'm doing, i have to hit 5k my the end of the weekend and I am at 750 words right now. It's doable with the rate I write at and it own't even be too painful assuming I can get my brain to focus. It's just...hard to do the focusing part.

[a-q.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the tips, great advice! I have to try these out!

750, excellent work! Focus focus :) You can do it, we will cheer you on!

[feralletters.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Capturing the writing mojo can be hard but I will wave pom-poms until you do.

(At 1350 now and I think I am going to look for a break for a bit.)

[a-q.livejournal.com]

1350, wow! Well done!

Breaks are good, I like breaks :D I'm having tea right now!