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May 16, 2005, 01:02 AM
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AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!
For a while now, I have been trying to express something - I have no idea what really - but no matter what I do nothing I write seems to do the job. It's so frustrating. There's some idea buzzing around in my head that I can't seem to get at. It's like there's another person whispering something in my ear that I can't quite hear. Anybody have any idea what I'm on about?
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May 16, 2005, 01:20 AM
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I understand the feelings you're describing. Ususlly if I take a break from it and come back later from a different angle, I can get it.
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May 16, 2005, 01:49 AM
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Thanks Ry. Alas, I have taken that approach but no joy. It's killin' me because I don't even know what it is. I feel this imperative to get whatever it is off my chest but each time I try, i.e. each time I write something, it totally misses the mark because I don't even know what it is I want to say. I really don't know how much sense this makes to be honest. Strangely enough, whatever it is, at least it has gotten me writing again, a blessing in itself. Nevertheless, I repeat AAAAARRRRGGGHHH!
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May 16, 2005, 10:30 AM
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Maybe the best way to go after such a thing would be free writing. Set a timer, say for ten minutes, and during that time, you write without stopping, without reading, without spellchecking, all of that, just write with no pause at all until the timer goes off. Even if you don't find the one thing you're chasing, I bet it will be pretty eye opening. Good luck. Keep writing regardless, you've got a real talent for it.
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May 16, 2005, 03:52 PM
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Hmmmm, cause for pause...
I find that as long as I'm manic, even just a little bit, I'll never catch it. It's the proverbial needle in a haystack. Too many thoughts, unable to slow down enough to catch any of them. But then there's this one that you really can't grab, and it gnaws, gnaws, gnaws at you 'til you almost go insane. For me, I always finally catch it, find it, grasp it once my mania comes to a halt and the free fall begins to take place. Do you know that place between consciousness and twilight when you're just about to fall asleep, but then something awakens you...sometimes you get what was there if you make a consciuos and assertive effort to remember it...that's the space, the place, where I find "it". Hope this helps. TgrsPurr, xo.
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May 16, 2005, 07:42 PM
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Thanks so much for your thoughts on this, everybody. I'm not so sure about talent tho sqrl. Even in my more manic moments, when my ego is at it's peak, I'll come across something that totally blows my mind, and I'll think, "Man, I wish I could write like that." Of course I don't mean I wannna copy the author's style - I just wish I was that good. Don't think I don't appreciate the compliments tho; part of me agrees with you and embarssing as it may be to admit, sometimes it has me subconciously fishing for compliments; it's an annoying character flaw for which I publicly apologize.
Nevertheless, I sincerely appreciate your kind thoughts. They help to keep me writing.
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May 30, 2005, 04:52 AM
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