I too have been going through a block recently, but I feel it is because of all the stress in my personal life right now. I think sometimes one just needs to take a breather and when they are ready to start fresh again.
I went through a bad case of it when I was halfway through writing a novel - it all just came to a stand still. I turned to writing erotica to take my mind off it. That was a year ago and I still haven't gone back to finishing the novel. I can't decide if I wasn't meant to do it in the first place, or if I've just taken procrastination to new extremes.
A change in genre might help. It can give you a fresh outlook on writing.
I hope it passes for you soon. I know how frustrating it can be.
How to get through writers block (specific to erotic writing)
1. Get laid! Rekindles the imagination
2. Pretend your going to let somebody get lucky, work them all up then leave them cold. Good for the Voyeur
or Exhibitionism categories.
3. See number 2 but watch out for Macho Man or BDSM Girl because your next story will be suitable for
the Relucatance category as a tale of your recent real life adventures.
4. Take a hot bath with bubbles and drink a bottle of wine while reading my stories. Good for the sparking
up the imagination for the Masterbation category.
5. Get a big box of made out of wood. Mark Writers Block on it and place it on your desk. Suitable if you think
you need a more substantial or physical execuse.
6. Message me some time, be happy to brain storm some ideas with you.
Feel free to add more people!
Ghost
I just came off a long layoff from writing here. Let it go, read the other stories here, and if you feel you need to write, write about whatever is on your mind, regardless if you post it anywhere or not. Unless you are on a deadline, there is never a reason to worry about writer's block.
unfortunately writing is the thing that keeps me sane...I have a technical job which sort of squashes the creativity out of me but it pays the bills *shrugs shoulders*...I use my writing and my imagination to keep that part of my soul alive...I will take a break until I find my writing 'mojo' again
thanks all for the support and advice ...
Found this weird looking gold covered box out in a snowbank this morning. It's warmth melted the snow around it so I looked closer to see what was causing it to heat up in a cold snow bank. Engraved on the lid was " Loislane's mojo".
And I don't live near the fortress of solitude. Go figure!
If I could spell, I'd write. With all the posts and replies, there is a never ending supply of material to write about. I would use all these people ideas in the posts and make a single on single or a group or a 3 some. FF or ANYTHING sotry. Sci-Fi idea is wide open.
Feed off others or an other.
Just a thought.
Bat
This was a nice little thread. This, along with the other thread that Lush so nicely linked me to (you're awesome Lush, we should chat again some time) have helped a great deal. I'm finally taking a stab at writing a full length novel and it's much more difficult than writing a short story. In the process of writing the novel I've been stuck. I know exactly where I want it to go but the flow just isn't there. That and I'm still not convinced that I'm ready for "prime time". I see all the common errors and it makes me flounder around in my own insecurity. I read stories and read "starts" about six-hundred thousand times. "Then she started to get..", "I started.." UGH.
Also, the passive writing that is a sure sign of amateur writers.
In short, I feel ok writing when I know that there is no risk but as soon as I think about sending something off to a publisher then I freeze up. I'm positive that my skills are weak at best. I've got ideas by the millions. Ideas aren't the problem. It's all the things that make great writers great that I know I lack. SOOO...I wallow in my own insecurity and let my story die.
Yes this is a very good idea for a thread I am new to writng I mainly have been writing poems and I haven't really been inspried to write in a while myself. I suppose it could be the winter kind of depressing for me as I am a summer person I need to be outside. I think every writer expiriences this at on point or another. Hope your writers block ends soon LouisLane.
Writing cannot be forced you must have a motive ,and it must be enjoyable .If you don't feel like it don't do it , a bit like sex really.
