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I can't focus on writing · 2:52pm Jul 14th, 2015

What should I do?

I've been trying to write for days now, and though I have these amazing ideas, my brain feels like it's high off of some mary jane from the moon. I can't keep it wired on the task at hand for long.:fluttershyouch:

It's like there are turbines which are supposed to be turning, but they're jammed it seems.:facehoof:

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A question: How many other things have you ben focusing on, giving your thoughts and time to? Perhaps all of the distractions could be the things that are keeping you from focusing clearly? That's usually the case with me.

You know, when something is jammed, you Clean it out.

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I don't really have much else on my mind that I know of, but when I try to find what might be distracting me I get this dark, empty, and depressed feeling inside of me.

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how do i do that?

Have a little rest, have some cold juice, watch some good movie or even re-watch some MLP episodes. I believe one of the solutions I mentioned will make you better.

Maybe listen to relaxing music?

Watch Marvel movies. That helps me. Or Men in Black 2.

Take a break from actually trying to write, jot notes, make lists, get the ideas down but do not write. Chill out, listen to music and just be for a few days, sleeping helps as well.

3237121 Well, when I want to clear my thoughts, I do something else for a while. Though one needs dicipline to focus, which can be hard for some.
(Or just use a big stick)

You could always write some random, nonsensical story to get the craziness out of your system.

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But there's a pessimist whispering in my ear that I will just be wasting time.

I'll try these, but how can I be 100% sure they'll work?

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hmmm... a big stick?

3237137 Because it works for me. I hope it works for you. Also, I like your profile pic.

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but i don't feel craziness, I feel guilty for not being able to do anything.

3237129 you can't write when your hungry

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thanks, i suppose...

3237148 Then I don't know. :applejackunsure: I'm also having trouble with writing, but my issue is that I put my characters into a weird situation and there's nowhere for me to go from there.

3237153 Welcome. Where do you get all of these sexy pics?

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how can I be 100% sure they'll work?

You simply can't! :rainbowlaugh:
But no, seriously, try them. Forcing yourself to write is even worse than not writing at all. If you force yourself to write, you won't be putting all your effort in the story and you may end up writing a half-cooked chapter/story or a messed up one.

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i played along with that just so it could make me giggle...

...it kinda did...

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i do that in my original fiction all the time... but it's easier to escape from their because it's original, y'know?

fanfiction is a whole new ballpark...

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Google search, Gelbooru, Sankaku Channel, Derpibooru

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is it weird that in my reply, I knew exactly what the response to it would be?

i still replied the way i did despite knowing exactly what the response to it would be, yet nothing bad happened from it...

3237162 I guess so. I'm not very good at original fiction - original fiction requires original ideas, which I don't possess.

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i see original as a word with mixed meanings...

an original fiction can seem unoriginal while a fanfiction can be a literary masterpiece...

it's a cruel twist to our world which has blessed many.

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yet nothing bad happened from it

Something bad like what?!
And no, it's not weird. Sometimes I still reply although I know what the answer will be just for the sake of humor and to see the other person's reaction.
I'm crazy, I know :pinkiecrazy:

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i'm not sure why i thought i'd get a negative vibe from knowing the future (rather, the exact scale of probability of what your answer would turn out to be, which is, in turn, almost like seeing the future)... but it's almost like i'm not supposed to worry about it that much...

this happens all the time, but in many different forms, and i passed it off as coincidence the first few years of its occurrences, but after a while, this heightened sense of probability begins to scare me.


but we've gone off the tracks...

3237142 I was joking. (I ment it as a metafor, Clean out the jammed stuff with a stick)
Just take a break, take a bath or something. Relax.

3237179 So, you feel like you're seeing the future? Don't worry, I won't make fun of you.

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it goes from feeling what may happen, to seeing it happen in my dreams just a single day before it happens, extreme flashes of deja vu, to sometimes even deciding what happens in the future just by having a will for it.

These coincidences, as I would love to just refer to them as that and nothing more, cannot possibly just be that either.

but again... off track...

3237196 Off track? Okay. But if you ever wanna talk about it, don't hesitate to talk to me. Sometimes, though very very rarely, the same things happen to me.

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interesting...

I was reading through your posts and two distinct things caught my eye: your comments about having to deal with guilt and pessimism.

Boy, did I know that feel when I was younger!

Even as I wrote that just now the image of Panic and Pain from the Disney movie Hercules popped into my mind. Suddenly they were Guilt and Pessimism.

I envisioned myself in the china shop in my mind, each idea a priceless china item, and there they were, pessimism and guilt, happily swinging away with sledge hammers wreaking havoc! I winced at that thought! Literally!

But, then I remembered the epiphany that had destroyed all guilt and pessimism. It had been like a camera flash in my mind.

"Why am I doubting myself? There's lots of people who really do enjoy what I write, can't wait for each new chapter or story." It was then a thought occurred: I'm not trusting myself or my abilities. That changed in an instant when I realized that my own doubts were the curtain that obscured my view of what lay behind them; the very things i sought; the ideas and inspirations I found myself desperately seeking! They were there all along, just waiting to be seen but I couldn't see them because of that curtain made of doubt.

And the guilt? That was just the stitching that held that curtain together, kept it in front of my face, kept me from seeing what was there all along.

Now, you have almost a thousand followers! That's not an easy accomplishment by any means I happily, even gleefully, congratulate you for that! (I wish you could see the huge smile on my face just thinking about that.)

Those eight hundred plus followers of yours are yours because of what you write! They read what you write because they love it! They can't wait for each new chapter or story! Let that sink in!

Now, realize that you are a writer because you love to write. That's clear to me. Trust that love of writing and through it learn to trust your talents and yourself.

In the instant you can do that then all doubt, pessimism and guilt will vanish like smoke on the wind and your way will be clear and you will see every inspiration, every idea bright and clear before you like shining diamonds!

I do hope this inspires you.

Stop trying so hard.

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i don't know what to say...

i'm thankful for all of this, i really am... i try not to let other things get in the way, but i got so caught up in improving my style because i feel so dull...

i don't feel like i'm dishing out the very best in my writing, and that's how i felt when i published my latest story.

i worked so hard on it, got it edited and proofread not once, not twice, but several times. I wanted that story to be perfect and yet when i put it out there, it felt so foreign to me, like i didn't even write it.

i didn't feel the same joy for what i put out there then than what i did for a few other stories. And I spent so long moping about it, thinking that i was just being unreasonable, but i found i was pulling my hair out for it because it felt so much like i got an idea, hyped it up to no ends, then put it out there; though everyone seemed to love it, it didn't feel honest and it didn't feel genuine.

i became so caught up in those thoughts that it's made writing nearly impossible for me. It's like I'm trying to drive through a blizzard, and though i have a GPS, i'm too afraid to trust it because i know what that blizzard could do to me if i slip up even once.

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You can't be but you don't know until you try it and it's not wasting time if it's time looking after yourself

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i suppose you're right

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Didn't you know? I'm always right :derpytongue2: *hugs*

I don't know masturbate, play a game.

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I don't say this to brag but only as a point of information: I've been a writer for forty five years, since I was fifteen. You're standing on the road looking ahead. I'm standing on the road looking back. We see in between: Where I was and where you will be.

all I can do is smile with hopeful encouragement and say, "come on! Let's go! Your journey's waiting for you."

Perfection? What's that?

I imagine a piano player. They're trying to master a particularly difficult piece. They keep hitting that one sour note that makes them want to rip their hair out. Still, they keep practicing. Eventually that joyous day when they get it right and keep getting it right.

Yep! That's what writing's like. We have days where we can't seem to hit anything but sour notes but then that day comes when it all falls into place and we feel a joy of accomplishment that makes us want to dance on the tables!

"Come on! Your journey awaits." :twilightsmile:

Okay, so, maybe I waxed a little too flowery and poetic just now but what I'm saying is don't doubt yourself. Always know that when you need encouragement I'm right here! Think of me like the happy grampa that always has something good to say even when you don't want to hear it.:rainbowlaugh: I just want to see you be the best writer you can be.

3237137 Anything's possible

Don't try to hard, chill out for a while :pinkiehappy:

Find center. Pretend to be adult. Be You.

Focus, discipline, and the ability to allow yourself to write less than perfect just to make the ideas flow.

That is all you need.

~Leonzilla

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