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[lightofdaye]

One doesn't like to make too many posts about it because they become repetitive and even less interesting than their already low starting point.

But dang my 'muse' will not cooperate. Even when you've just written something and want to ride that high. Even after a short thing like the double drabble I did and then zip. Nothing happening.

Then there's that annoying dichotomy of 'don't want to force it' but also 'sometimes you have to so sit down and make yourself practise writing'.


As always hope everyone is doing well and staying as safe as they can.

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[sportivetricks]

It REALLY sucks to want to write and not be able. It's not something I can make myself do. Some people get into it once they get started. That's true for me for a lot of stuff (cooking, cleaning, sewing, tedious work assignments, etc.), but with writing, I really have to be feeling it to get anywhere at all. And it seems there's no forcing that feeling.

But we all work in different ways, and if you think you might get somewhere by making yourself write, maybe just aim for 100 words of whatever and see if it sparks anything? Not much waste if it doesn't.

Sorry, this is not exactly a good example of cheerleading, is it? :\

[lightofdaye]

Your comments are always good examples of cheerleading. Well they cheer me up anyway.

I am strongly controlled by inspiration I guess, if I don't have an idea to write it's obviously much harder to conjure up something but re-reading prompts also doesn't spark things sometimes.

[sportivetricks]

Yeah, me too, and even my favorite prompt lists on tumblr get stale after a while.

Do you ever start writing fics and then drop them? I ask because my own unfinished work has sometimes sparked new ideas when I've gone back to it months or even years later.

I am always happy to have new Daye fic to comment on!! I know you'll just say flatterer. XD But I always get excited when I see you've posted something new. One of these days I'm going to do an archive binge of all your Louis fic in a selfish attempt to get more Louis.

[torino10154]

One thing that works for me (most of the time LOL) is these ones I do *for* people. My motivation is higher than even when it's a fest fic which I know I can drop if I must. Disappointing you or whomever really does help me work my way through something. And occasionally I can ride it out into a couple more things. But overall, yeah, I do hear you and can totally relate.

[lightofdaye]

Thanks.

I don't really take requests in that same way, and I've always been very admiring of your ability to take such wide ranging prompts, but I do often write based on what I think others would like.

But of course I do often fall back on some favourite pairings of mine as well.

[writcraft]

Ugh, I struggle with this too particularly lately so I hear you. I've had fic 'feels' but when I try to write it's just...nothing.

Like you I'm not sure if I force writing I'm ever that productive but I've tried various tricks over the years when I'm blocked, from listening to music that gives me shippy vibes, watching fanvids, reading other fic, 'freewriting' where I just sit and write whatever comes to mind as a kind of writing limbering up and so on. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't! Very unhelpful comment I realise, LOL.

[lightofdaye]

Music doesn't really give me shipping vibes but it does help the writing to put on some of spotify's studying or concentration playlists.

I do need to read more fanfic as well. hunting down decent stories is a bit time consuming when you're not part of major ships though.

Thanks for commenting! All comments are valuable! :)