tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post7456213497221313014..comments2021-03-10T01:37:40.603-05:00Comments on Jaded Vixen: Help! My muse has stage fright!Jade Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326000191257008840noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post-15927686298749666542009-06-01T07:57:04.356-04:002009-06-01T07:57:04.356-04:00Thanks Tara. I'm actually trying some thing differ...Thanks Tara. I'm actually trying some thing different a writing challenge. Lets see if it helps.Jade Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326000191257008840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post-891720775827400652009-05-31T09:16:46.426-04:002009-05-31T09:16:46.426-04:00I agree that starting in the middle, or basically ...I agree that starting in the middle, or basically anywhere that you have energy for is a good place to start. If you know what's going to happen do a layout and brainstorm more possibilities. Then again, if it's just that you are tired or the story isn't flowing give yourself the time you need. Read a book in between, go for a walk, take yourself into a crowd and people watch. One of the best kicks in the ass I can do for myself to get me working is to go for a drive.<br /><br />I wish you the best.Tara S Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564165360221348612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post-55422118456756835812009-05-20T06:45:18.390-04:002009-05-20T06:45:18.390-04:00Jolie & Rebecca- Your probably right. But it&#...Jolie & Rebecca- Your probably right. But it's so much easier said than done. I'll try. ThanksJade Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326000191257008840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post-17351274079593961552009-05-19T21:18:52.621-04:002009-05-19T21:18:52.621-04:00My muse had stage fright for almost all of last ye...My muse had stage fright for almost all of last year. Yes, almost a full year! Like Jolie said, "Just do it!" That's how I pulled her out on stage kicking and screaming. But she performed and that's what counts.Rebecca Rosehttp://authorrebeccarose.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post-2788046232432792992009-05-19T14:47:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:47:00.000-04:00I hate to sound like a Nike commercial - but "just...I hate to sound like a Nike commercial - but "just do it." In other words, just write. Don't worry about what comes out, it will be easy to fix it later. Just get it out. Right now you're too worried about it coming out right - that's your problem.<br /><br />I wrote what I think is one of my best stories a few weeks ago, even though I had about two days to get it done. I had procrastinated. So to fix that - I just did it. Sometimes I work better under pressure. The words came out and then I was able to go back and edit.Jolie du Prehttp://www.joliedupre.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post-59503728804870889092009-05-19T11:11:00.000-04:002009-05-19T11:11:00.000-04:00Thanks ladies! I'll give those both a try.Thanks ladies! I'll give those both a try.Jade Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326000191257008840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post-2423835083312032492009-05-19T10:34:00.000-04:002009-05-19T10:34:00.000-04:00You are not the only one this happens to. I can si...You are not the only one this happens to. I can sit for an entire day staring at the screen, knowing exactly how the scene has to go, and not being able to write it. It's ususally either a scene in which the mc has to face a particularly horrible personal demon, or a sex scene. I have two stratagies to get through it.<br /><br />First, I'll write the scene after the one giving me trouble. Usually, that makes it so the muse gets beligerant, and insists we were writing the difficult scene, that now I'm the one getting distracted, and he begins to cooporate.<br /><br />If that doesn't work, I go off and think about the scene, run it through my head a few times, and get it so thuroughly ingrained it's easy to write. It actually rarely comes out how I envisioned, but at least it comes out.<br /><br />Good luck with it!Jaime Sammshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756034484406953047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77603694271504618.post-83436093798569234542009-05-19T10:30:00.000-04:002009-05-19T10:30:00.000-04:00Start in the middle of the story. Start anywhere. ...Start in the middle of the story. Start anywhere. Write any sentence that pops into your head, or a series of random sentences from different parts of the story, and then continue from one of those.<br /><br />I often find that if I try to start from the beginning I can't do anything, but if I start from the one sentence I have in my head, it sometimes works.Miranda Austinhttp://www.mirandaaustin.comnoreply@blogger.com