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WHAT IN THE HELL IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION?

  
 
ill tonic
22:05 / 15.04.02

I read this theory somewhere that whatever problems/difficulties you have with your writing (and probably all areas of creation) are usually the same hang ups that you have in daily life. I've thought about this quite a bit and think it's essentially true ...

My problem? I don't finish things ... story of my life. Happens nearly everyday ... another grand idea goes unacted upon or gets shelved when the next bolt of lightening strikes. (It's called HYPERMERIA, the opposite of writers block, where you write tons but it's all in fragments and pieces that you can't fit together into a solid working piece. Which reflects itself in my life as a million good intentions that never live long enough to actually accomplish anything ... )

(... let enough things go unfinished and people begin to think you're just blowing smoke up their asses ... It dawned on me recently, that where I thought I was a man of action, I am actually just a know-it-all. Someone who only talks about things instead of actually doing them. People like this drive me up the wall, so it's not without alot of horror and shame that i find myself among them ...)

Okay, so now, the lightening bolt strikes again.

If this idea holds true, shouldn't we be able to fix our creative woes by straightening out your daily nuts and bolts and vice versa?

(i.e. Maybe the problem you're having with your short story has little to do with weak dialogue but the fact that you never actually listen to what anybody is saying?
or
Maybe the reason you can't get a raise or that oppurtunity to finger bang Mary-Jane Rotten Crotch through her pretty pink panties is the same reason your novel has gone unpublished or your paintings unsold --they're still sitting in your trunk or closet, unseen, unacted upon. Much like that idea to travel around the world ...

Do you see what I mean?)

It's a heady idea - one that can lead to some frightening self examination but also some serious illumination.

Now, I could really get naked (i'm game if you are) and share some of the more deeper things I have uncovered about myself by following this train of thought but instead of boring you with my petty problems, I'm kind of interested in hearing about some of yours.

What do you think of this idea? What is your major malfunction? What (if anything) do you plan on doing about it?

Come on, whip it out, flaunt it .... it might just change your life.
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
08:16 / 16.04.02
Okay, I'm not entirely convinced this is a 'Creation' thread. But on the basis that it might be, some thoughts.

1. Writing a tonne of stuff, like being unable to write anything at all, is usually a sign that you don't yet have a story to tell. So stop writing, and let the story finish brewing before you tap the barrel.

2. I think it's absolutely true that creative life and social life and what all else feed one another. God knows I've recently had it amply demonstrated. Physical health affects mood, too, and mood affects writing, and writing can affect physical health...lalala.

3. Despite there being some intersting stuff in what you say, you've managed to pack in some truly offensive crap at the same time, and I'm asking you to tone it down. Specifically, I think we can all do without misogynist references as examples. If you've followed the board recently, you'll know that's a short route to a big blowout, and I'm sure we've all got better things to do with our time.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
10:53 / 16.04.02
"HYPERMERIA"... Damn! How come I don't know words like that? Anyhow, that's what I've got. Not just with the writing, either- I've got it all up and dowwwn.
 
 
Mystery Gypt
17:10 / 16.04.02
the difference between a writer and a person who twiddles around with a notebook/wordprocessor is the ability to finish. halfway through a writing project, there is nothing on god's earth that's worse than the story you are writing, it is exhausting, miserable, lonley as hell and no one can help you at all. every new story idea will seem like the ultimate project, so much better -- and easier to finish -- than the one you are on. the true writer will ignore all this misery and finish the project, even WHILE KNOWING how terrible it may be. this is the true courage of a writer.

you will find, that if you face down the lonliness and exhaustion and finish the story, that you have become someone who finished things. so i suppose it work both way, then.
 
 
deja_vroom
18:17 / 16.04.02
there is nothing on god's earth that's worse than the story you are writing, it is exhausting, miserable, lonley as hell and no one can help you at all

So so true.
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
19:31 / 16.04.02
To be fair, there's also nothing on Earth so wonderful as the story you are writing - elatory, comforting, embracing, and drawing on every part of your life.
 
  
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