[stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter What's Going On?

Tue Oct 25 01:55:19 UTC 2016

But you don't have to sit and write a story. Just write the thoughts in your
head if nothing else. I think people think if you write daily it has to be
about specific characters and stories. That you have to create complete
stories or the beginning of complete stories daily, or even weekly, but this
is not how it works. The goal is to just write anything on a consistent
basis. Research writing exercises to do when you can't think of anything.
This is what it means by just opening up a blank document and writing; that
writers block does not exist, because in all reality, there's always
something to write about.

A recent exercise I started trying out are hermit crab essays. You can
Google it to find out more. They can be helpful not only if stuck, but for
trying something new.

And most of what you write is never used anyway. The main idea is to just
write, working on craft, honing and polishing.

Bridgit

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Subject: Re: [stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter What's
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I don't understand what you mean by open a document and just start writing.
For you that may be easy but I cannot do that. I just sit there and stare at
the blank file and my head stays blank. I have four stories going and for a
while I would write bits in each of them but lately absolutely zero. I even
have a file for ideas, a file for drafts and a file for finished pieces. (I
should say those are folders with files in them.)  Barbara Hammel

> On Oct 24, 2016, at 18:27, Osman Koroma via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> First of all, there is no such thing call writer's block!  There is always
something to write. I write every day except for Sundays. I don't always
write what Im working on but I write. If your goal is to write every day
then I suggest you start with a small goal. For example set a goal to write
100 word a day and you'll be surprise how much you go over 100. Set a time
to write each and every day and just open a word document or what ever you
use and start writing without thinking. U be surprise what comes out. Hope
this helps.
> Please excuse any typos
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>> On Oct 24, 2016, at 18:49, Miss Thea via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, Vejas
>> I'd like to know this answer too.
>> I don't write every day, and I do have some health issues that prevent me
from being the lean, mean writing machine I'd like to be.
>> But I do find that when I start writing, the ideas come.
>> I don't know if you were around when I was workshopping my "Lucy and
Lithe" novel, but I haven't been writing in it for some time.
>> Then, my interest revived, I started writing, and re-thought the whole
concept, even changing the title.
>> Now it's going to be a  series. I think I'm working on the prequel.
>> It's now called "She's For Andorpha", at least that's my working title.
>> For now.
>> I also have borderline personality, and sometimes that gets in the way.
But it can also be useful, because when my interest revives, I write like a
house on fire.
>> Born completely blind, I lack the knowledge of color, landscape and other
sensory information important to readers. So, I've learned to write what I
know, and hope if my work reaches the editor stage, that I'll get someone
who can help me fill in the details.
>> Ok, I went way off topic. I don't write every day. I often feel I need a
break, due to health problems and writer's block.
>> But I'm very interested in what daily writers have to say.
>> Thea
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist
>> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 6:34 PM
>> To: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via stylist
>> Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas
>> Subject: [stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter What's
Going On?
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> A friend of mine who likes to write  makes it a habit to do so daily.
>> I would really like to do this. I did not write much as an LCB 
>> student but have definitely done some more writing  in the past few 
>> months, although not as much as I would like to. The problem is that 
>> I don't always  know what I would want to write on a given day. For 
>> example, for a story I'm working on about 2 friends lives during and 
>> after spending time together in a training center, I may not have 
>> ideas every single day on what I want to happen. I would just like to 
>> know how these of you who write daily keep it up consistently despite 
>> writers block Thanks, Vejas 
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