tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507032778164380887.post4891525815563452009..comments2023-10-21T05:22:29.815-04:00Comments on Ray Veen: word-slinger: I want to call myself a writer againRay Veenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11956279552298172157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507032778164380887.post-87307135968193383452015-04-20T17:59:09.239-04:002015-04-20T17:59:09.239-04:00Like I said on FB, Ray, I totally went through thi...Like I said on FB, Ray, I totally went through this last year. Tons of ideas, nothing that made me super excited. My best advice to you is STAY CREATIVE. Not just with writing. Do other creative things, too. Like, take a class, learn how to make souffle, paint, sculpt, go look at art or other pretty things that make you feel inspired. Inundate yourself with things that make you feel totally jazzed about life. It's sounds kinda woo-woo and hippie dippy, but by doing that, you get creative energy moving, and eventually the idea that wants to be written will make itself known. <br /><br />But you know, it never hurts to bounce stuff off of people, too, especially if you have a strong idea but hit a wall. Dude I'M HERE FOR YOU. :) Sometimes you just need someone to a) hear the idea so they can then b) ask you the right questions in order for you to get over that wall.Vikki https://www.blogger.com/profile/15654315874147137046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507032778164380887.post-71616864016706454582015-04-09T22:19:28.627-04:002015-04-09T22:19:28.627-04:00I'm voting for the clone story. Though what I&...I'm voting for the clone story. Though what I'm going to suggest is work on all of them. <br /><br />Pick one of your ideas each day and work on it that day. The next day, if the story is panning out and you're still jazzed about it, keep writing. If not, pick another one. Each morning give yourself the choice to stick with it or pass and move on. You can always go back, but giving yourself the choice might free up the "OMG I have so many ideas I don't know where to start" problem. <br /><br />Some of them might turn out to be shorts, some novels, and some dead ends. Just let them be what they turn out to be. I do this for one month every year. It's helped me be far more productive with getting those ideas out of my head, finishing those that I decide to finish, and even get a few of them published. :)<br /><br />As for the one awesome story with the missing ending, that happens to me too. Keep it bubbling around in the back of your mind while you work on other stuff. It will probably come back to you if you stop trying to think about it. The mind is a crazy thing like that. Jean Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02047709505502621618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507032778164380887.post-79651380698514107822015-04-09T17:14:35.738-04:002015-04-09T17:14:35.738-04:00Ah, I have been in the same situation a few times....Ah, I have been in the same situation a few times. Plenty of stuff to work on, but not sure which direction to go in. Fortunately (or un, I suppose) one project has kept popping back up in need of R&R at various times, and so I've never been able to figure out how to solve this particular problem. Lily Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17732112345439595471noreply@blogger.com