Be honest with your inner thoughts. Only then can you change. Ex: Don’t tell yourself “I’m not afraid” tell yourself “I am afraid. And I judge myself for it. I don’t want to be afraid, and I don’t want to judge myself, but that is the truth. And the truth is how I’ll change it”
@getpaidwrite To play devil's advocate here, I'd say it depends on your energy level. If you're exhausted, embrace the silence rather than filling it with junk-- agreed! But If you've got the brain power, I've found listening to audiobooks and smart podcasts help make you a better writer.
@FindJimClair I’ve found something like this helpful when writing specs for tv shows you admire. You can pick your favorite episodes of a show and write a scene by scene identical structure w/ your own narrative in place. I did this with Always Sunny’s “the gang tries to win an award” episode
@getpaidwrite wondering what your aspirations are as a writer and if your focus on building a Twitter following has sucked time out of you reaching these writing goals or have been beneficial in ways you could never have imagined. (Or somewhere in between 🤷♂️) thanks!
I don’t really believe in “writer’s block.” To me, this just means you haven’t figured it out yet. But you will! My advice? Just get something— anything— on the page. For all you know, you may discover something beautiful that switches up your whole story
@limersbey_oo@creation247 One would hope! But there’s also countless examples of this. I have a friend who did grad school in earth science at Columbia and now works 12 hours per day at a climate non profit earning, naturally, a non profit salary with loans and whatnot
@dickiebush Hey dickie— agreed! Wondering what sort of advice you’d give for people who don’t know what to write. Where do they start? What material do they practice with?