Writing Motivation thread

[Anonymous No.7297645]

Read this then go and fucking write your masterwork.

[Anonymous No.7297673]

WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT I TELL YA. EXCEPT IF YOU LACK LIFE EXPERIENCE, OR ARE A VIRGIN, OR A FRIENDLESS VIRGIN, OR ARE A NON KNOWING VIRGIN, A VIRGIN THAT DOESNT KNOW THAT HE IS A VIRGIN. OR A NON KNOWING VIRGIN THAT DOESNT KNOW THAT HES A VIRGIN. OR IF YOUR AN OLD LADY THAT GOT RIMMED BY CATS. OR A RIM THAT GOT CAT BY OLD LADY. OR ARE A WALL MADE OF DIAMOND THAT WENT THE SPEED OF METAL INTO A WALL MADE OF DICKS

[Anonymous No.7297701]

>>7297645

[Anonymous No.7297729]

>>7297645
leddit is good for something at least

[Anonymous No.7297737]

>>7297729
>Jessica Brody

[Anonymous No.7297748]

>>7297737
... screw who she is (no idea who she is) but what she's saying isnt wrong

[Anonymous No.7297756]

[Anonymous No.7297781]

'The only way to communicate is to understand what it is like not to understand.' It is at that moment that you can make something understandable.

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person.

When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty........ but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

There is an inexplicable attraction to being alone in its vast emptiness where earth and sky seem to meet and become one, Somehow, the isolation from human habitation brings us closer to the essence of our humanity.

You can become narrow-minded, literally, by only liking certain things, and disliking others. But you can become openminded, literally, by giving up your likes and dislikes and becoming interested in things.

[Anonymous No.7297798]

>Get halfway through writing a short story
>Sudden urge to throw the whole thing out
I need a new idea, this one is going nowhere fast.

[Anonymous No.7297819]

>>7297798
then throw it on the back burner, go and get some inspiration. something new and exciting. Go out in the rain and write about how it feels on your skin.

If you hate your short for the dullness of it then shake it up, subvert your own expectations.

[Anonymous No.7297908]

>>7297645
Can we have more? I need more motivation! MORE MOTIVATION!

[Anonymous No.7297929]

>>7297908
no you dont, you need to get the fuck off /lit/ and sit in front of a blank paper with a pen.

We dont want you to be here anymore.
You are acheiving nothing

[Anonymous No.7297933]

>>7297908
listen to this guy
>>7297929

we all beleive in you, dont let us down.

[Anonymous No.7297935]

>>7297933
How to start

[Anonymous No.7297939]

>>7297929
>>7297933

THANK YOU BUT KEEP THE THREAD BUMPED.

I hope I won't be back soon.

[Anonymous No.7297965]

>>7297939
good man!

[Anonymous No.7297988]

>>7297935
>How to be a hack

[Anonymous No.7298006]

>>7297988
these arnt the ten fucking commandments, challenge them. let them provoke you to build your own habits that work for you.

I'll break all the rules I can swing a stick at BUT only if I know that it's worth it
I'll steal from others BUT only if I know that I can do better and take their ideas further.
I'll isolate myself BUT only when I need to write, if I'm looking for inspiration then I'll party with as many friends as possible.

Go out and prove to me that these prescriptions are wrong you negative cunt.

[Anonymous No.7298011]

[Anonymous No.7298026]

>>7297988

[Anonymous No.7298067]

This one always seems to cheer cunts up.

[Anonymous No.7298078]

[Anonymous No.7298089]

>>7298078
Fuck, even her quotes are hackney.

[Anonymous No.7298092]

All these quotes are fucking terrible lmao

[Anonymous No.7298100]

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

http://www.lexido.com/EBOOK_TEXTS/HUMAN_ALL_TOO_HUMAN_BOOK_ONE_.aspx?S=192

[Anonymous No.7298105]

>>7298092
because we all care what you think...

[Anonymous No.7298116]

[Anonymous No.7298172]

>>7298116
memes

[Anonymous No.7298192]

Do you guys do prewriting?

[Anonymous No.7298193]

>inspiration from quotes

[Anonymous No.7298216]

>>7298192
'pre-writing'?

do you mean planning, sketching and prose practice?

I know I find those and prompt writing helpfull for when I want to sit down and turn my hand to my own work.

Each to their own though.

[Anonymous No.7298219]

[Anonymous No.7298251]

>>7298216
Yes, especially outlining your works beforehand. Do you construct a plan prior to actual writing.

[Anonymous No.7298281]

>>7298251
Nabokov wrote everything down on flashcards and built up his work from there.

Some people just plan then write from start to finish.

Think about how long your stamina is and what kind of state your drafting is.

For me, I write super poncy stuff in flurrys and then go back and add in dialogue and discription to flesh it out. Then on the third pass, I'll edit shit down.

The plan, for me, comes from a 5/6 line arc that I flesh out as I think more and more about the characters lives and shit. Letting them write the plot leaves me the space to write the prose.

[Anonymous No.7298292]

[Anonymous No.7298347]

>>7297673
>wall made of dicks
are you from Finland by any chance?

[Anonymous No.7298370]

>>7298251
What I do is drunk writing. Meaning that I drink several cans of beer as I write, putting down everything as it comes to mind in my drunken stupor. I don't even bother to check for spelling or grammar consistency, fuck that for the time being. Just let the words pour on the paper.
I leave what I've written alone for several days. Then (while sober) I read it. I make the necessary corrections, throw out what doesn't make sense or not fit in, add more to it. Then I leave it alone for another couple of days, then edit it again.
Done this several times while struck by severe writer's block and so far it has worked for me. Not sure if I can recommend it to others though.

>inb4 alcoholic

[Anonymous No.7298868]

I was working on writing, I stopped for a moment now im on this thread and I feel like shit

[Anonymous No.7299147]

>>7297645
>really into writing my genre fiction short stories yesterday
>can't put anything onto paper today

Fuck, I had 12 hours to write and all I've done is watch anime and its always sunny in Philadelphia.

[Anonymous No.7299173]

[Anonymous No.7299198]

check it out

[Anonymous No.7299205]

>>7299173
As hard as I try to deconstruct this image I can't seem to make sense of it. Does the dolphin represent the intelligence you can acquire from under unlikely circumstances?

And what does the horse represent? Freedom of some sort?

[Anonymous No.7299223]

>>7299205
Not that guy, but usually you will find that in art similar to what was posted the dolphin is often associated with a longing for death.

Said longing or wish for death ("death-wish") is rather persistent, but never strong enough to lead to an actual suicide.

pic related

[Anonymous No.7299229]

>>7299223
Furhter evidence to support my thesis

[Anonymous No.7299238]

>>7299205
It is an ironic pastiche of imagery and color taken from the Lisa Frank stationary popular in the 1990s, as well as a frank reminder that motivation, in our current status as a welfare state, is inherent in the individual and no longer a product of social and economical pressures.