Writers Block Help

[stanger1982]

i've got all these ideas in my head and i cant get them into one story. here is what i ask of you, what would be a good story involving a laptop computer, a gun, and a girl?

 

[stanger1982]

i've got all these ideas in my head and i cant get them into one story. here is what i ask of you, what would be a good story involving a laptop computer, a gun, and a girl?

 

[J.MICHAEL]

haha, no offense...
but you need to get over your writers block..
the way i look at it... if you cant come up with the idea, then try doing something MORE ORIGINAL...

very cliché... be original man....

 

[joren]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by stanger1982:
what would be a good story involving a laptop computer, a gun, and a girl? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

"Mahri's Revenge 2: Fully loaded"

 

[Josh]

In my honest and humble opinion, anybody who says they have writer's block doesn't get out enough. Personally, I don't believe in conceptualizing through brainstorming or think tanks. If you need ideas, go for a walk. Seriously. Go for a drive. Whatever. There are infinite ideas out there waiting to be found. Wait for thoughts to come to you, don't go digging for them.

 

[Mark M]

YOU'VE GOT ILLEGAL MAIL.

Sorry you have writer's block. People get it all the time.

JWs idea of going for a walk, a drive, etc. is a good one. Sometimes things will just pop out at you!

Good luck.

 

[jarmusawa]

if you have writers block the worst thing you can do is think about it. put it aside and do something else, ideas will come to you out of nowhere. what i ussually do is go listen to whatever music fits into what im writing, and ideas will start flooding my head.

 

[Durden]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jarmusawa:
if you have writers block the worst thing you can do is think about it. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That is so true. Take JW's advice. I get ideas in the car ALL the time while I'm listening to music.

 

[stanger1982]

well you're all right about me being retarded. but see, here's the real deal. i got this idea that i really liked and started developing it and then starting writing. i got about 10-15 pages in and gave up because i think its too complex. i'll post the idea below. please let me know what i can cut out, what is good, etc. thanks guys.

you've got a guy and a girl (teenagers) and thier in love. though for some reason the girl has to move away and can't tell the guy where to. the guy says he'll find her some day. fast forward about 10 years. the girl is a investigative reporter for some prestegious news magazine and is working on a stroy of a lifetime. the story (haven't decided on it yet) would bring a major company to financial ruin. her deadline is in a week. the company finds out and hires a hit man (the high school sweetheart) to wipe out the girl. the guy usually doesn't take contracts for women but he gets intrested when he hears the value and then when he sees the picture (she changed her name) he takes it. he finds her, they reunite, then he tells her whats up. the company finds out that he faild to do his job and finds someone else to take both of them out. the guy then protects the girl down to the end and goes off to kill the head of the company and either dies or finds her again down the road. i havent decided yet. but thats the story, as complicated as it is. it may sound like the traditional run of the mill action but i want to focus heavily on the love story between the two. anyway, please let me know what i can do with this.

 

[gangster no. 1]

Sounds alot like Gross Point Blank.

 

[Fido]

i'm surprised no one said freewrite. just write it doesn't matter what just write whatever and something will come out of it.

 

[gangster no. 1]

Yah, it works for me too. Whenever I can't come up with any ideas I just go stream of concrious and write whatever comes to mind weither it makes sense or not. Then I go back and work with what I got.

 

[Christine]

i just keep a notebook handy with me at all times. write down any stray thoughts, any funny bits of conversation you overhear,

 

[Christine]

shoot...my laptop slipped outta my lap and i accidently pressed post now midsentance.

anyways...
go people watching...ANYWHERE! i work part time at a busy grocery store(i'll be outta there in two weeks after working there 3 1/2 years! nyc, here i come!) and there's all sorts of characters that shop there more than once a week who are just BEGGING to be put into a christine-original story!

also, write down your dreams...if you're able to remember them. by trying to write them down, you'll be training your subconcious to be able to recall them easier. even if you only remember bits and pieces of them, still write them down! use your imagination to fill in the blanks! not only would you be writing something unique(i believe that dreams are unique to the dreamer dreaming them) but it'll be therapeutic and insightful as well.

free writing works for me too. half the time i'm like, wtf am i writing? so..i just put it away for awhile and come back to it eventually and it'll make perfect sense and i'll just start adding more to it and voila! i got something that i'm really proud to have written.
oh...i forgot to mention...try free writing when you're REALLLLY REALLLY tired. i dunno what it is...but the words just pour out of me when it's 3am and i just can't sleep cuz i have so much to get out of my head and onto paper!

lol...i once wrote a letter to a friend of mine at that hour when i was in a writing mood...friend hasn't responded to it at all...think i scared him!