Hi, I've experienced this multiple times before. Here are some suggestions on what to do:
If you're trying to make a habit of writing, force yourself to write. Even if you don't want to. It helps make a habit of writing every day. Even if it's bad writing, even if you don't write for a long time, at least you wrote and that's what matters.
Read. Reading helps you improve your writing, and it gives you inspiration.
If you need inspiration, listen to a song and write something inspired by it. I've made a few major plot points in books inspired by songs before.
If you need ideas, look up stuff online or use a generator. Or ask around, others may have good ideas too
Read other's writing on YWP. Everyone has great ideas here, and sometimes reading other's writing can give you new ideas (but don't steal their ideas ofc)
If you get an idea, write it down. If you're busy at the time, just write it down to work on later. Even if it's bad, you can still turn it into something good
Put all the titles of your works on a wheel of names. Revise and edit whichever one it lands on until it's the best you can make it.
When I'm stuck, I try writing something real. Something going on around me, or even just happening in the world. If you're stuck, try writing what you know/feel.
The Great Gatsby was one of the first "classics" I ever read, and it still sits well with me today. I'm a big fan of visual writing, so that scene where he sees the girls in the room with the flowing white curtains has stuck with me for years. I've always thought its message was so well delivered; obsession and its inevitable consequences. And as much I love the narrator and how his unreliable storytelling influences the way I absorb the narrative, I am always struck with Fitzgerald's writing style. It's been something that I could never mimic, and I'm always amazed by it. Glad to hear someone else likes this book as much as I do!
This sounds like a super interesting read to me. I love books that explain things about human interaction, so I'm definitely going to have to check this one out! If you like books like this, you totally have to check out The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall. It's a nonfiction piece about why humans love to tell stories, and I love it to pieces. His writing style is hilarious, too, so it's super entertaining. Thanks for the rec!
My sister recommended me Once Upon a Broken Heart about a year ago, and I remember loving it! I was really surprised, because usually fantasy romance isn't my favorite, but I was totally obsessed, it was so good.
I was totally captured from the title, so I ended up looking up the summary, and I have to say that this book looks totally my style! Thanks for the rec, it's definitely going on my "To Read" list!
Hi, I've experienced this multiple times before. Here are some suggestions on what to do:
Put all the titles of your works on a wheel of names. Revise and edit whichever one it lands on until it's the best you can make it.
Hopefully this helps :)
When I'm stuck, I try writing something real. Something going on around me, or even just happening in the world. If you're stuck, try writing what you know/feel.
Thanks!
This fits my book series too and now I'm double-sobbing ToT
amazing work tho!!!
I completely agree. Nature is all around us and some people don’t see how great it is. I love nature inspired poems like this :)
The Great Gatsby was one of the first "classics" I ever read, and it still sits well with me today. I'm a big fan of visual writing, so that scene where he sees the girls in the room with the flowing white curtains has stuck with me for years. I've always thought its message was so well delivered; obsession and its inevitable consequences. And as much I love the narrator and how his unreliable storytelling influences the way I absorb the narrative, I am always struck with Fitzgerald's writing style. It's been something that I could never mimic, and I'm always amazed by it. Glad to hear someone else likes this book as much as I do!
This sounds like a super interesting read to me. I love books that explain things about human interaction, so I'm definitely going to have to check this one out! If you like books like this, you totally have to check out The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall. It's a nonfiction piece about why humans love to tell stories, and I love it to pieces. His writing style is hilarious, too, so it's super entertaining. Thanks for the rec!
Thank you!
My sister recommended me Once Upon a Broken Heart about a year ago, and I remember loving it! I was really surprised, because usually fantasy romance isn't my favorite, but I was totally obsessed, it was so good.
I was totally captured from the title, so I ended up looking up the summary, and I have to say that this book looks totally my style! Thanks for the rec, it's definitely going on my "To Read" list!