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: Help! I've got Writer's Block I really want to write, but as soon as I sit down and set pen to paper, my mind goes blank. I can't think of anything to write. Sometimes I stare at my screen
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: The psychology of starting a piece of writing I have a problem when it comes to writing (blog posts, stories and novels). It might just be me, but maybe other people have experienced it too?
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: How can I answer high-school writing prompts without sounding weird and fake? Being given a prompt makes me freeze up immediately. Let me clarify. I'm talking about high school writing prompts.
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: Creating a unique spin on a nuclear apocalypse? Basically, my story follows a group of 6 people (and 1 mutant human) exploring a barren wasteland of what used to be the USA. The world they
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: Not wanting to "spoil" a story due to lack of skill I have a story that is dear to me and that I would very much want to write about. However, I don't have lots of experience in writing
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: Dealing with inability to sustain interest in an idea I frequently have the problem of starting a story with an idea—either one recently conceived or one held in mind for months, even years—only
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: Where is a good place to find writing prompts? I love using writing prompts to come up with story ideas. I'm looking for good sites that have a lot of good writing prompts. One that updates
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: How do I overcome a lack of motivation to write at home? Late October I decided to take the plunge and attempt NaNoWriMo. I haven't done much writing in some time and thought it would be
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: As a discovery writer, how do I complete an unfinished novel (which has highly diverged from the original plot ) after a time-gap? I am a reader more than a writer, and fantasy is my favorite
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: How to think of a good beginning? I've been thinking about my story for a while now and the problem I've run into is that I'm not sure how to start it. It isn't that I can't think of
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: Fiction Writing - has it all been done before? It's a simple fact the there are more fiction books in existence now than one person could possibly read in a lifetime. Add to this the supposition
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: I'm unable to figure out the logical solution to a problem; how do I keep writing? I'm outlining the plot for a scifi screenplay. I have the main characters, premise, the first half of the
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: What are the reasons behind Writer's block? I read the question Help! I've got Writer's Block which explains solutions to the problem. I was wondering why someone gets writer's block?
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: I love the world and characters I've created for my story, but I dislike the plot. How can I proceed? I've spent several years periodically writing and developing a high fantasy story I mean
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: I can't write without an inspiration I've been writing a book for almost a year now. But it takes so long because I have to wait for "inspiration". Sometimes I will get an idea that makes
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: I keep rewriting the same section of my story. How do I move forward? I have a story I want to write and I have the scenes in my head. Because of this, I keep judging and rewriting the
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: Outlining the climax made me lose interest in writing the actual story I am a discovery writer. I wrote more than 50% of my first novel's first draft. I got really confuse about some aspects
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: I'm trying to figure out whether to discovery write or outline. How do I choose which is right for me? I've been struggling for a long time to tell a story. In any medium really. I've read
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: How to write characters who hate when you don't understand it? I hadn't thought about it before, but today I came across a writing prompt that involved hate. My mind kept running up against
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: What happens when I get bored of a story I'm writing? I have several stories on hold because either I am not able to post them at the time, or they are incomplete and do not plan to finish
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: Writers block: Lost momentum, can't write even a sentence I've been writing a story for almost half a year. I worked on it almost every day because I really like doing it, but now that I
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: Developing your writer's voice I'm a relatively new writer and sometimes I feel like my writing is too bland and that I'm struggling to develop my writer's voice. Does anyone have any good
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: How to invoke my creative side without investing too much time? I suck at writing. There, I admitted it. More often than not, I find my self staring at a blank moleskine page, or the
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: Any documentaries or other inspirational movies about creative writing? Whenever I watch a good movie or documentary about a subject that interests me, it really gets my juices flowing and makes
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: Writer's Block For Years...? I just kind of stumbled upon this site but I would love some help from anyone... All my life I have loved to write. As a kid and teenager it was my favorite
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: Not enough real world experience to write convincing situations? I'm faced with a writing dilemma where every real life situation I've tried to write feels forced/inaccurate. I'm a fairly young
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: What should I do when I'm bored of my story but don't want to throw it away? So I recently started writing a book and decided that I should plan first because in the past while writing
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: How do I work through writer's block? I wrote 3 chapters. I can't think of something to write to connect what I have already written to ideas I have for later on.
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: When using freewriting, should I avoid correcting typos? My university recommends Freewriting to all its postgraduate students as a daily exercises to help overcome writer's block. I tend to make
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: Writing first programming book I was recently asked if I was interested in writing a book for a pretty reputable publisher, which of course I accepted. I am not a writer by trade, I am a
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: Terminology: writer's block Does the term "writer's block" refer to the condition in which the author not having anything to write, or has the material but unable to put it in words
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: How do I write less like a screenplay? I've come to notice I have a very specific manner of writing. Specifically, I've noticed that while I'm writing a book, I tend to pace and set up things
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: If you're not a professional, what motivates you to keep writing? Writing. There comes a time in my daily routine. I get a striking idea. A topic to write in my blog. A pondering about a
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: What keeps most authors writing after receiving multiple rejections? Last year, I completed a heavily researched 95,000-word novel about an emerging pandemic that targets primarily children. I am
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: My views on the central theme of my book have changed - how do I bring in that nuance? I've been working on a fantasy story that explores the creation and evolution of religion. But I'm
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: How to go from an opening idea to a complete plot? I have great openings with (I humbly feel) unusual and unique situations. But after the first few pages to support the beginning, bam...no
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: I want to start writing again: original project or new one? To make a long story short, writing used to be a huge part of my life. I found a project that I loved and was dedicated to making
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: Where do you do your writing? Do you do find you have a best place to do your writing? In the movies, writers seem to live and work in places with beautiful homes (lighthouses, windmills...)
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: How do you get feedback when sharing your ideas makes you not want to write? I have a problem in that if I ever tell people about my story ideas, I lose motivation and eventually stop working
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: How to keep yourself from writing the same story? I've been planning out the same story and revising it over and over since I was a child (that makes it 10 years now) and finally after so
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