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10710942 No.10710942 [Reply] [Original]

how do you write with no imagination?

>> No.10710950

>>10710942
You write about stuff that really happened, maybe journalism or life experience.

>> No.10710957

>>10710942
You don't. Or do drugs.

>> No.10710973

>>10710957
what if drugs killed it

>> No.10711014

>>10710942
imagination is a meme, you just write from your subconscious and then eventually a cohesive narrative will start forming. It's like complexity theory in that every new added element reduces the chaos until it seems as if newer plot lines are as much a necessity as they are your own imaginative creation.

Surely some authors plans ahead of schedule but it's not the only valid method for writing.

>> No.10711250

>>10710942
I can't imagine.

>> No.10711267

>>10711250
Heh

>> No.10711275

>>10710942
non-fiction

>> No.10711313

>>10711014
Imagination is not a meme. Just accept that you're a worthless writer and move on. You're going to do it eventually might as well save a few years.

>> No.10711349

>>10710942
Same thing failed film directors do: Review!
Write essays on the the latest books, you'll never write your own so give yourself a pat on the back everytime you crush some Uni' burnouts dream of being relevant.

>> No.10711352

>>10710942
be absolutely derivative in every conceivable way.

>> No.10711368

Write non-fiction

>> No.10711420

>>10711313
It is, you can make the story as you go along, sort of like improvisational music or impressionist art. You don't need to visualize anything before writing.

>> No.10711423

Live a wild and interesting life. Do unsavory shit. Go places with weirdos. Perform live in some way, it really generates stupid adventures.

These are all good story fodder. hell, I've gotten most of my own sad attempts at prose from real life experiences.

>> No.10711458

>>10711420
You're still using your imagination when you make it up as you go along. Jesus.

>> No.10711463

>>10710942
Use psychedelics

>> No.10711471

>>10710942
SAUCE

>> No.10711594
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10711594

>>10710942
Foster an imagination. It's not magic or anything, you don't pull it from nothing, but to be good at it you need to practice.

I suggest intentionally allowing yourself to be internet-deprived and bored, and engaging in things that actually require you to think and create. Instead of having near-perfect info available, just throwing it together into a new format.

>> No.10711661

>>10711458
won't waste my time with a faggot