/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.1959883]

how me stop play mine/starcraft and write instead

[Anonymous No.1959885]

get willpower

[Anonymous No.1959888]

don't bother, your writing probably sucks

[Anonymous No.1959889]

First of all, don't force it. If you feel like playing the vidya, play it. There IS something to be said for making yourself write, but it rarely comes out naturally. But just try to cut down a little by increments and you'll get there.

Also, if you are going to play a game, at least make it one with a good story. Bioshock is called to mind for a more recent one.

[Anonymous No.1959891]

What's the pic, OP? It's hilarious.

[Anonymous No.1959893]

>>1959889

Better to play a game where the narrative element won't impede your own ideas. Also. Bioshock BITES.

[op No.1959898]

>>1959893
>>1959889

i play starcraft because for me it's like a sport, one to do when i'm not playing soccer (football). minecraft is just addictive.

games like bioshock or portal two are great for story and i play them when they're out, but never through twice.


>>1959891
i have no idea but i wish i knew

[Pointman !LAxuxT565U No.1959904]

Just do it.

SPEND ALL NIGHT DOING WRITING.

[op No.1959908]

>>1959904

but when i try and do that i end up dwelling for hours on a single paragraph and convolute the fuck out of it needlessly :(

[Anonymous No.1959911]

>>1959889
>Bioshock
>Good story

[Anonymous No.1959913]

>>1959908
Stop being afraid to write shit, that's my problem sometimes. Just write. Do force yourself, waiting for it tends to be bollocks. You'll do 99% crap and maybe 1% with potential and just keep going. I personally find writing a lot more fun and freeing when I stop caring about writing badly.

[Anonymous No.1959914]

>>1959908
Learn to balance. Reward a few pages for a match or two.

I've had this problem where I was too preoccupied with playing games rather than reading books and writing. Kind lame.

[Anonymous No.1959916]

Step 1. Get haz hacksaw.
Step 2. Remove nonwriting hand.
Congratulations, OP, you can no longer play Starcraft above the shitty noob leagues, but you can continue to write.

[op No.1959918]

>>1959913
this is actually really good advice, too often do i get discouraged from churning out too much shit. thanks.

>>1959914


>reading, writing and videogames acting as distractions for each other

you and i, we are truly nerds.


>>1959916


b-but i'm in platinum now! if i keep practising, maybe i'll get to diamond, or even masters! and one day maybe ill play for a team and get paid! w-wont i? :(

[Anonymous No.1959923]

It took me hours before I could move on from writing this:


I looked up to see the first rays of light spew over the horizon, lining the building tops with a baroque streak of deep red, from where they took aim and struck my etiolated face.
I cursed, loathing the new day.


And it still sucks and I'll probably re write the whole thing after the next paragraph. Awesome

[Anonymous No.1959957]

You're playing minecraft? Don't try writing.

[Anonymous No.1959961]

>>1959889
>if you are going to play a game, at least make it one with a good gameplay
Fixed for you, assclown.

[Anonymous No.1959967]

>>1959918
did you like ever play an rts before

[Anonymous No.1959970]

>>1959967

command and conquer when i was like 10

[Anonymous No.1959974]

>>1959883
I find Minecraft very ludic and inspirational op. Since its a sandbox game your imagination runs rampant.
Try to use it to your advantage.

[Anonymous No.1959976]

why is minecraft addictive? it seems like shit.

[Anonymous No.1959990]

>>1959918
>b-but i'm in platinum now! if i keep practising, maybe i'll get to diamond, or even masters! and one day maybe ill play for a team and get paid! w-wont i? :(
Nope.
By the time you make it to Masters League the guys currently on Masters will be playing on the Korean League.

[Anonymous No.1959991]

>>1959976
>judging a book by its cover
I seriously hope you guys don't do this.

[Anonymous No.1960000]

Writing is a waste of time.
You will never produce anything but insipid shit.

Anyway if you lack motivation you have to turn it into a habit.
Pick a daily timespan in which you force yourself to write, for a week or two.

[Anonymous No.1960011]

>>1960000
QUADS HAVE SPOKEN.

[op No.1960022]

then quads i shall follow, and endeavour to produce insipid shit on a scheduled and daily basis. thankyou, o 4chan gods, for your intervention and inspiration.

[Anonymous No.1960046]

>>1959889
Worst advice possible, you have to fucking force it.

What you need to do is leave your house. Set a specific time every or every other day when you go to the library. Sit down. Write. Then go home and play minecraft without guilt.