Post by Turquoise (Ree) on Jun 28, 2018 2:19:21 GMT -8
I'm curious about how you guys solve the problem of wanting to write but hitting the figurative wall. For me, this is often a struggle, as I have to be in just the right mood with just the right atmosphere and the cosmos must be properly aligned, etc. in order to do an hours-long marathon writing session that doesn't immediately get scrapped. Even something that should normally be a breeze for me (like my current 100 word daily goal) can seem like an impossibility on some days.
My own methods have mixed success for me as of late, but I've learned to chop writing (and other tasks) into small, easy pieces and do them a bit at a time, usually accompanied by some game. Turn-based RPGs and platformers (and other games) with clear level breaks are great for this, since you're probably not playing longer than a few minutes between levels or random encounters, and then you can get a handful of sentences or words down before you allow yourself to play further. What I usually do is grab a die or go to random.org (even opening Microsoft Excel and typing =randbetween(1,6) in one of the cells works for this), and then write 1-6 sentences per micro-session, depending on my roll. Then the writing itself sort of becomes its own game. Doing this is what got me through the vast amount of papers and studying I had to endure in my college years (Yes, Dad, I have had Ranch Rush going for hours, but look - I wrote 5 pages of my paper today!).
My own methods have mixed success for me as of late, but I've learned to chop writing (and other tasks) into small, easy pieces and do them a bit at a time, usually accompanied by some game. Turn-based RPGs and platformers (and other games) with clear level breaks are great for this, since you're probably not playing longer than a few minutes between levels or random encounters, and then you can get a handful of sentences or words down before you allow yourself to play further. What I usually do is grab a die or go to random.org (even opening Microsoft Excel and typing =randbetween(1,6) in one of the cells works for this), and then write 1-6 sentences per micro-session, depending on my roll. Then the writing itself sort of becomes its own game. Doing this is what got me through the vast amount of papers and studying I had to endure in my college years (Yes, Dad, I have had Ranch Rush going for hours, but look - I wrote 5 pages of my paper today!).
