Hey Guys!
I'm new here but am trying to participate the best way I can... advice, jogging memory, and/or dislodging that evil monkey-on-your-back Writers Block.
I'm sure most of you know the ropes (unlike me), but perhaps you might not have even thought of them. Here is what I do to get the noodle going.
On with it then!
Corny as it might sound, I love to look at vivid imagery of what I might base the setting of a particular scene on. Lets say, for example, that my scene is in the woods, hundreds of years ago.. . I would set the back ground of my PC to heavily wooded beautiful landscapes. Maybe in the canopy, maybe on the ground? Sometimes this works the best for me. I can envision my characters walking/interacting with the environment. Add in a dash of some fictitious plants and animals (if that's your thing) and BAM, back in the game. Credit goes to Google images for the imagination juice.
Another thing is that I might listen to music of the same genre. Does an epic fantasy trek tickle your fancy? Well, I listen to video game sound tracks to get the creative juices flowing. Since I already mentioned Epic Fantasy lets take Skyrim (video game) for example. This has a brilliant sound track. The sound itself could be that of dragon fights, traversing mountains, and/or looting abandoned caves or crypts. Pandora has a diverse selection to listen to.
Act out what your characters are going to do. Get lost in the moment. I jump around my apartment like a dang fool at times trying to get it moving. I even get lost in conversations with myself, acting like one character to the other. Just get lost in the moment. I turn off all distractions (TV) and talk to myself on the couch, shower, or breakfast table when possible.
Scrap and write again. I recently found out what a huge pain it is to rewrite entire sections just to make something flow but in the end its totally worth the work and can take your writing in a whole new direction, like it did for me. It usually opens up a whole new bundle of channels.
I hope this is helpful to everyone but others probably already do this.
Thanks for reading!
I'm new here but am trying to participate the best way I can... advice, jogging memory, and/or dislodging that evil monkey-on-your-back Writers Block.
I'm sure most of you know the ropes (unlike me), but perhaps you might not have even thought of them. Here is what I do to get the noodle going.
On with it then!
Corny as it might sound, I love to look at vivid imagery of what I might base the setting of a particular scene on. Lets say, for example, that my scene is in the woods, hundreds of years ago.. . I would set the back ground of my PC to heavily wooded beautiful landscapes. Maybe in the canopy, maybe on the ground? Sometimes this works the best for me. I can envision my characters walking/interacting with the environment. Add in a dash of some fictitious plants and animals (if that's your thing) and BAM, back in the game. Credit goes to Google images for the imagination juice.
Another thing is that I might listen to music of the same genre. Does an epic fantasy trek tickle your fancy? Well, I listen to video game sound tracks to get the creative juices flowing. Since I already mentioned Epic Fantasy lets take Skyrim (video game) for example. This has a brilliant sound track. The sound itself could be that of dragon fights, traversing mountains, and/or looting abandoned caves or crypts. Pandora has a diverse selection to listen to.
Act out what your characters are going to do. Get lost in the moment. I jump around my apartment like a dang fool at times trying to get it moving. I even get lost in conversations with myself, acting like one character to the other. Just get lost in the moment. I turn off all distractions (TV) and talk to myself on the couch, shower, or breakfast table when possible.
Scrap and write again. I recently found out what a huge pain it is to rewrite entire sections just to make something flow but in the end its totally worth the work and can take your writing in a whole new direction, like it did for me. It usually opens up a whole new bundle of channels.
I hope this is helpful to everyone but others probably already do this.
Thanks for reading!
