I had drinks today with my most talented author. Sadly, after seven books, two screenplays, a book of poems and another of haiku (not to mention three children), he was running low on creative juice. The dreaded Writers Block.
I suggested he try visiting this site. Originally begun to help creative types in advertising, it soon expanded to help all sorts of other industries, like publishing.
Just type in two or three key words from your novel-- "spy" "buxom" "blonde"-- and you get back a host of suggestions!
Try it, it's amazing!
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If nothing else, it's fun!
But it probably would really help me if/next time I get writer's block. I tend to get my inspiration from weird combinations of words, which then twist and evolve and take on a life of their own, sometimes no longer resembling the original inspiration!
Writers blocks should always come with letters on the side, then we can use them to spell new things that will turn into books.
:-P
I am slightly embarrassed to admit that it took me a while to get the joke.
Silly shark.....
And I'm a sillier pseudonym for checking it out. But, hey. Desperate times and desperate measures, right?
How long do they go on for? It's a pretty awesome site, but I expected them to stop the 'live streaming' after about a minute and they didn't...
Anyways, not terribly useful for my writing, but very amusing. :)
That is too funny! I'm going to have to put that up on my blog.
Janet, I just watched the movie Limitless where a writer, Bradly Cooper has writer block--a great insight into what a writer goes through.
Johnny (Sir John) Ray
I always thought drinks were creative juice.
WORD VERIFICATION: wasec. A plea for more time, after several rounds of creative juice.
I liked the do something you love post better...just saying.
Hahahaha!
Yeah. Sadly, this is pretty much a peek into my life.
And the word verification was "peakin." No lie.
Can't help wondering what your other clients thought about the ".. my most talented author" remark.
Fantastic. I feel like this most days.
I'm not going to lie, I was just bitten by the Shark. :/
Too funny.
HILARIOUS!
I would suggest your friend needs a new side project or medium for creativity, but everybody's different. If he's not having fun anymore at his level, though, I think there's a problem. I hope he's not super-ritualized about his writing...that's something I struggle with and it can be so imprisoning.
I'm reading Malcolm Gladwell's What the Dog Saw. One essay is about a novelist named Ben Fountain who quit law to write; he had a self-described "dark period" that lasted for half a decade. o_O I guess it's important to not get too wrapped up in your method and just go for something new sometimes.
Wow those guys are amazing, what a brilliant solution, my books are going to sell millions of copies now.
I do think they are kidding themselves with that "instant" claim. But, I guess two hours is not a bad wait for such genius.
LOL. That's just wrong. I sat there for two whole minutes before I realized you were pulling a fast one. Hey, they can do most of anything with electronics now. Why not tackle writer's block?
One of 'em just took out a bottle of Johnny Walker! LMAO!
I watched that damn thing for ten minutes.
I want to make it my background now.
I know this is off topic, but I thought you'd like to hear Samuel L. Jackson reading Go the F--k to Sleep. :)
I want that as a little pull-out window that I can park at the top of my screen while I'm doing some of that myself. At least I wouldn't feel like I'm staring off into space by myself.
Shit. You got me, too. Hilarious. I watched for at least three minutes. Wait. It's almost here. Soluting coming. I so bought into this. lol Can't wait to share with my writer friends.
Funny. Tell your writer to go to Italy, his block will disappear. Go to Puglia not Florence or Rome.
and... rimshot! Excellent, and I intend to use this when I teach.
Ha! Is it wrong to admit I want to watch that all day just to see how long the video keeps going?
Tawna
After that brilliant post on creativity having no boundaries, I had high hopes about this one! That was a sharky post, Ms. Reid, but thanks for the laugh :-)
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