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

Tue Oct 25 02:05:51 UTC 2016

Writing is about work though. I think we think it's all about inspiration,
and it is in part, but at some point, you have to just sit and write and
work things out through the process. It really does take a lot of work. I've
heard a lot of writers, even published ones, say they don't like the process
of writing because it is hard work.

That beginning of Hannah and Emily at the carnival, and one works the
cakewalk and one spills soda, that's the beginning of something. Just sit
and work out different scenarios out with Hannah and Emily. Fill out the
scenes within that idea. That's something you can sit and do daily.

But again, writing daily doesn't mean you're creating full stories, or even
working on projects you intend to publish. It simply means you write,
whatever it may be, whatever it might look like. Try new things, revisit old
things, but just write.

Bridgit

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Subject: Re: [stylist] Does Anyone Write Daily as a Routine No Matter What's
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Barbara,
Same here. I  typically cannot just open a document and write, I need a
little nudge with at least some words, but I admire these  who do. It's
funny but, just like you, I am great at having ideas but it's hard for me to
always put them into words. They can be very elaborate ideas such as, "Anna
and Emily are going to go to their school carnival. Anna will be working on
the cake walk, and Emily is going to spill Coke all over herself." If all of
writing was just ideas, haha.
Vejas 

> On Oct 24, 2016, at 17:22, Barbara HAMMEL via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 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
>> Osman Koroma
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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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