And the writer's block begins...
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Topic: And the writer's block begins...
Posted By: nicole
Subject: And the writer's block begins...
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2007 at 8:04am
I have heat 10-action/adventure-'a trap'.
I looked over the other heat's topics and subjects and have great ideas for everyone's heat but my own.
Is anyone else having this problem?
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Posted By: Requiem
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2007 at 8:27am
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I have Fairy Tale/Endangered species. I'd happily trade :) |
Posted By: durden7
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2007 at 8:59am
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SCI Fi - Fishtank
I am not very good with SCI Fi. :( |
Posted By: Indieme
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2007 at 9:21am
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Suspense/voicemail. I'm three pages in, or maybe I should say 468 words in.  |
Posted By: meringa
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2007 at 11:22am
Hi Indieme,
I'm in heat 6 too! But, hey, you're 400 words up on me!!
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Indieme wrote:Posted By: nicole
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2007 at 6:03pm
I wish we could!
 That one seems easy. Just do a story about a unicorn...it didn't say they had to be a real endangered species... |
Posted By: Trillian
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2007 at 6:21pm
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I've got Romantic Comedy/Bachelorette party and praying that every damn word doesn't sound like it was lifted from some rejected Sex and the City plotline.
I'd trade for fantasy any day. 
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Posted By: colbey
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2007 at 9:14pm
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I'm in heat 10 as well. i'm ok with a trap, it's the action/adventure i'm having a little trouble with.
------------- Heat 23: Drama/A Newspaper Clipping http://www.nycmidnight.com/forums/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=874 - Shaken Memories |
Posted By: Requiem
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2007 at 12:11am
I hate unicorns :) Never work with children or animals. |
Posted By: richke
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2007 at 5:30am
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I was having trouble all day saturday for my heat - thriller/electricity. I want to come upp with something truly unique and drinking made me think of something but then when i sobered up i realized it really didnt have much to do with electricity...but i did get an idea and started writing Sunday night before 24 started...but of course i needed to stop :) ------------- Heat #18 - The Darkness Within http://www.richardthomaskeel.com/media/18_TheDarknessWithin.pdf |
Posted By: Indieme
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2007 at 6:24am
That was pretty funny, but I have found that if I'm ever stuck or at a loss for ideas, having a beer or two actually helps. Usually two or three will do the trick. No more no less, but just that right amount seem to get my creative juices flowing. More than that, well then I usually just end up writing something that gets deleted the next day.  |
Posted By: stahrzan
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2007 at 7:15am
Can't miss the Jack Bauer Power Hour. I can't beleive he went a whole two hours and didn't break anyone's neck.
Of course going Dracula was pretty sweet.
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Posted By: richke
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2007 at 8:58am
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doing better today...i'm at about 650 words now...but lunch is over :( ------------- Heat #18 - The Darkness Within http://www.richardthomaskeel.com/media/18_TheDarknessWithin.pdf |
Posted By: crlncxn
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2007 at 10:51am
If I drink two or three beers then it's ME who's deleted the next day! I'm happy with my heat Ghost story/A treehouse... |
Posted By: richke
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2007 at 11:33am
that is a good one...good luck with that heat ------------- Heat #18 - The Darkness Within http://www.richardthomaskeel.com/media/18_TheDarknessWithin.pdf |
Posted By: nicole
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2007 at 11:39am
That is a great heat!!! I would be very happy if I had that heat as well.
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