Comments on: Writing with wreckless abandon http://system13.org/2006/11/03/writing-with-wreckless-abandon/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:16:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Josh http://system13.org/2006/11/03/writing-with-wreckless-abandon/#comment-334 Josh Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:49:08 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=180#comment-334 Thanks, David! :) I'll give those a try, at least the "I must write more" bit. I get a bit beyond silly after having a few drinks, and then very sleepy, and I doubt I'll get much writing down if I'm snoring. Thanks, David! :) I’ll give those a try, at least the “I must write more” bit. I get a bit beyond silly after having a few drinks, and then very sleepy, and I doubt I’ll get much writing down if I’m snoring.

]]> By: david http://system13.org/2006/11/03/writing-with-wreckless-abandon/#comment-333 david Sat, 04 Nov 2006 00:24:47 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=180#comment-333 Good Luck. Keep going. A friend of mine repeats a particular line from the original Star Trek series when he gets stuck. It goes some thing like 'You must return Spock's brain' with strong emphasis on 'must'. Then say 'I must write more'repeatedly. However, my preferred method is a large glass of Jamesons followed by another one if I am still stuck. Usually works and whatever you write seems to make a lot more sense. Good Luck.
Keep going. A friend of mine repeats a particular line from the original Star Trek series when he gets stuck. It goes some thing like ‘You must return Spock’s brain’ with strong emphasis on ‘must’. Then say ‘I must write more’repeatedly. However, my preferred method is a large glass of Jamesons followed by another one if I am still stuck. Usually works and whatever you write seems to make a lot more sense.

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2006/11/03/writing-with-wreckless-abandon/#comment-332 Josh Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:53:08 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=180#comment-332 Brendan: Thanks for the mini-lesson. That's pretty cool. Brendan: Thanks for the mini-lesson. That’s pretty cool.

]]> By: Brendan http://system13.org/2006/11/03/writing-with-wreckless-abandon/#comment-331 Brendan Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:18:21 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=180#comment-331 <blockquote>Brendan: Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll give that a try. Maybe I can drown out my subsconscious nitpicker.</blockquote> Several studies have shown that music tends to occupy the parts of the brain responsible for cognitive thought. By keeping one's consciousness busy, it's easier to tap into subconscious and creative thought. It's also a great way to mellow out. :)

Brendan: Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll give that a try. Maybe I can drown out my subsconscious nitpicker.

Several studies have shown that music tends to occupy the parts of the brain responsible for cognitive thought.

By keeping one’s consciousness busy, it’s easier to tap into subconscious and creative thought.

It’s also a great way to mellow out. :)

]]> By: Josh http://system13.org/2006/11/03/writing-with-wreckless-abandon/#comment-330 Josh Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:55:31 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=180#comment-330 Thanks for the support, you two. :) Brendan: Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give that a try. Maybe I can drown out my subsconscious nitpicker. Zeitlos: Very true. That's actually something I've been considering. :) Even if half of it's crap, that'll still leave me with a little under 100 pages of "stuff that could be good with lots of tweaking". By the way, I think you should give NaNoWriMo a whirl. :) Where you read so much, I think you'd be a great novelist. Thanks for the support, you two. :)
Brendan: Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll give that a try. Maybe I can drown out my subsconscious nitpicker.

Zeitlos: Very true. That’s actually something I’ve been considering. :) Even if half of it’s crap, that’ll still leave me with a little under 100 pages of “stuff that could be good with lots of tweaking”.

By the way, I think you should give NaNoWriMo a whirl. :) Where you read so much, I think you’d be a great novelist.

]]> By: Zeitlos http://system13.org/2006/11/03/writing-with-wreckless-abandon/#comment-329 Zeitlos Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:52:53 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=180#comment-329 Just keep on writing! Don't think about it too much. Even if you end up with a lot of pages of crap you might end up with the framework for a really, really good novel. I believe you can do that. Just keep on writing! Don’t think about it too much. Even if you end up with a lot of pages of crap you might end up with the framework for a really, really good novel. I believe you can do that.

]]> By: Brendan http://system13.org/2006/11/03/writing-with-wreckless-abandon/#comment-328 Brendan Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:45:55 +0000 http://system13.org/?p=180#comment-328 Good luck. :) If there is one thing I've found that calms the innate desire to tweak, fix and fuss with the written word, it's music. Find something you love, turn it up as loud as you can handle and then just let rip. Good luck. :)
If there is one thing I’ve found that calms the innate desire to tweak, fix and fuss with the written word, it’s music.

Find something you love, turn it up as loud as you can handle and then just let rip.

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