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Get over that block
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 Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:57 am Post subject: Get over that block |
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| What to do if you have no ideas and wan't to write. Get a friend or family member to give you an opening line or two. I find this works wounders and see how you go from there. |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I've done that before and it's always fun to see how you can build on someone else's words. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah. That sort of thing can work really well. I've found that if you've got restrictions or some starting place that's just NOT what you'd usually do, you can actually come up with things you'd never have thought of without that prompting. |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:54 am Post subject: |
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Or you can twist it around in such different ways that the said prompter will look at you like you're a crazy person. XD
But yes! It does help!  |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:38 am Post subject: |
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| yes, i find that works very well. if i can get just one opening line i can turn it into a short story or a novel |
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