As predicted I'm in a writer's block... It's really difficult to find inspiration, yet I'm pretty good with reading these days.
I'm not getting far and I don't know why. Too much work with school. I really hope it'll get better, because I can't afford to lose so much precious time and get so worn out by school work that I can't get myself to write on the project.
I did however get somewhere but I know that I'll have to write during the holiday. A lot...
I'm thinking that a possible solution is to change the time table, because I'm pretty certain I might have written it too tight. At the same time I think that it's okay since I have plenty of spare weeks, especially in the end and during next term. I know that being completely alone when I write is extremely important to me, since I've noticed I get the best results during those times. But whenever am I alone?
Some questions for you, PLEASE, answer (at least some of) them:
- Should I get up earlier in the mornings and write? Should I stay about an hour after school? Should I go to the library and write?
- How do you do when you are out of inspiration? (No matter if it's writing, drawing or whatever floats your boat)
- Any suggestions how I can be more flexible with work?
Please, help me out. I wouldn't be writing this in English if I didn't need all the help I could get.
Is it a good idea to just take a day and force myself to write? Like I said, the amount of time I'm alone is very slim. It's as good as never.
Either way I need to hurry because I'm only writing chapter 2, when I should be writing chapter 6.
I've made a huge time table of the days in Finland, with notes of the things I want to bring up, and I keep doing the colour codes and whatnot. Actually, I came up with a new one: Facts! I wrote a little part about Mannerheim in there. These colours are for me to see. I have a few goals and criterias to fulfil and therefore I need to see where I wrote for example Finnish, idioms or stuff like that. It's harder to miss something with the colours. ;D
Also, when it comes to the book itself I've started to think of the cover. I don't know exactly how I want it, but I guess I'll see what the printers say.
Anything else?
I think that is it for now. I'll keep trying to catch up, even if it seems impossible at the moment.
Madi xxx
Answer to your first question: NO. DON'T PUSH YOURSELF. The result will be crappy.
SvaraRaderaI always read more when I'm in a block. Or do memes (I know you've done a lot of them lately, but I believe I have on in my blog that you haven't done).
OR you can do this exercise:
Take a phrase in a book, song, poem or anything that you find epic or great or anything, or just flap up a book and randomly pick one. Make it into a title. Example:
"Oh, how nice."
Now, ask questions about it. What is nice and why? Who says it? What does the person really think, is he/she/it/hän truthful or ironic?
Write it down on paper.
Hopefully that will work for you.
(And I hope you can guess who I am, I hate telling people who I am. XD)
- How do you do when you are out of inspiration?
SvaraRadera--> I usually start watching (for example) videos, drawings or read other's fanfics and such. It helps 'couse then I get my own inspiration back. :)
- Any suggestions how I can be more flexible with work?
--> as Vandraren said before: do not overdo anything. Make a time table in your week and write down there what you should do in every day. I promised that I would write every Monday something in my blog. (last weeks just hadn't been those good days...) Take some time to yourself. :)
I hope those helps at least a little bit.