I have come to realize my impetus to write tends to get clustered around the times I have insomnia (now, for instance). I can write anytime, sure, but I only seem to really make time for it when I'm so exhausted I have an anxious flutter in my chest and can't stop thinking about the story. When I sign up for things (bsg_pornbattle, pilots_presents, etc), I can make myself write something passable, but it seems far less difficult to write when I'm at the edge of overtired insanity. Which makes sense, I guess. It also really sucks to not sleep much for weeks.
I find prompts are a great help for getting unstuck, as is just chatting with the gang at no_takebacks, or other fans when fanfic is what's stuck.
Also helpful for getting me stuck in an infinite loop of imagining possible stories is watching clips of a show. I made myself a short-ish best (kissing) scenes of K/L video that I will sometimes play over and over until I get back in the frame of mind to write them. My current obsession, though, isn't K/L at all but Castle. I keep playing THAT ONE SCENE over and over and over and OMG I WILL WRITE SOMETHING, I JUST HAVE TO. :)
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Date: 2011-01-31 09:21 pm (UTC)I have come to realize my impetus to write tends to get clustered around the times I have insomnia (now, for instance). I can write anytime, sure, but I only seem to really make time for it when I'm so exhausted I have an anxious flutter in my chest and can't stop thinking about the story. When I sign up for things (bsg_pornbattle, pilots_presents, etc), I can make myself write something passable, but it seems far less difficult to write when I'm at the edge of overtired insanity. Which makes sense, I guess. It also really sucks to not sleep much for weeks.
I find prompts are a great help for getting unstuck, as is just chatting with the gang at
Also helpful for getting me stuck in an infinite loop of imagining possible stories is watching clips of a show. I made myself a short-ish best (kissing) scenes of K/L video that I will sometimes play over and over until I get back in the frame of mind to write them. My current obsession, though, isn't K/L at all but Castle. I keep playing THAT ONE SCENE over and over and over and OMG I WILL WRITE SOMETHING, I JUST HAVE TO. :)