If anyone is out there struggling to get the words out today, just remember everyone has that same problem and nothing is wrong with you. Step away from the keyboard, spend a little time where it's quiet and let your brain do its thing. - ThreadSky

crobertcargill.bsky.social • 516 days ago

If anyone is out there struggling to get the words out today, just remember everyone has that same problem and nothing is wrong with you.

Step away from the keyboard, spend a little time where it's quiet and let your brain do its thing.

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blueskaiz.bsky.social•516 days ago

I have been struggling with the same scene for months. Sometimes it's been a sentence a day, but I think I'm close to through.

crobertcargill.bsky.social•516 days ago

Use brackets that say something like [Finish scene here] and move on to the next scene. Don't let a broken scene keep the rest of the story on hold.

janetalcorn.bsky.social•516 days ago

Yes! This technique works well for me. I also use placeholders like this for things I need to research so I don’t go down the internet rabbit hole when I’m writing.

wnwagner.bsky.social•516 days ago

BEST ADVICE.

scenarist.bsky.social•516 days ago

How non-conscious thought works is wild. (It’s likely not as psychodynamic tradition claims, imo.) BUT! A pal asks me who played a character in a movie. I can’t recall. I STOP TRYING. Two hours later, the actor’s name bubbles up from the dark quiet lake in my mind. So is happening, haha.

sweetcammymac.bsky.social•516 days ago

Many years ago my dad brought this word puzzle home. He explained to me how it would take many days to complete. He was right.

Some of the answers were immediately obvious. Others would become clear hours later.

Then, over days, some would pop into my head on the bus… in the shower… eating.

scenarist.bsky.social•516 days ago

Ha! Cool. There’s some accounts of what’s happening. Maybe I’ll poke through all that again.

sweetcammymac.bsky.social•516 days ago

I learned at that point to never leave something “on the tip of my tongue” and to just stop thinking about it. It’s a skill that requires training. 😄

And to Cargill’s original point, so many story issues find solutions as I’m falling asleep. I remember the good ones. 😉

scenarist.bsky.social•516 days ago

Good plan!

sambalcomb.com•516 days ago

I *almost* called it quits today. Took a walk instead, came back and got 8 serviceable pages done. That’s a win in my book.

edlawrencerobinson.bsky.social•516 days ago

Jesus. I call 6 pages an amazing day on a day im feeling creative and inspired

sambalcomb.com•516 days ago

I didn’t say good pages! As the saying goes, a first draft’s only job is to exist.

edlawrencerobinson.bsky.social•516 days ago

Fair point

crobertcargill.bsky.social•516 days ago

HUGE win.

collinlieberg.bsky.social•516 days ago

I ended up applying for like four jobs today. Which leaves me free all day tomorrow to write.

sambalcomb.com•516 days ago

Sometimes it’s best to clear the clutter first. Good luck on the jobs!

ravensfilm.bsky.social•516 days ago

There's this action film screenplay I was working on for like 15 years, and it just got so tangled up with second act subplots that I just utterly abandoned it three years ago. Maybe I'll go back to it someday and figure it out, but I just got too attached to too much to divorce myself from it.

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