Writers block?

[icespot]

Thanks it's the very first one. At first it was easier to believe the Professor had a crush on me than believing the grade was based on the work.

Part of my essay was about losing the fear to be creative. School has made us afraid of failure and kept us from reaching our full potential.

I say post it and share with us. Love to read what your post.

Excellent job icespot! I never got those kinds of grades when I was in school...

It's funny, in rereading the posts, I realized I actually took my own advice. Work has been really boring - yes I do a lot of writing there. So, I've been feeling that I want to write a really candid post for terb in the lounge. Basically, a short reflection on 2014, and hopping onto my soapbox about bullying in schools. After I got that out of my system, I felt way better, but now I'm not sure if I should post it. It's VERY candid!

Fuji - what's up with your sig pic? I love it! Where did you get it? It's so cute...if I were the girl, I'd want to eat up that kitten too!

 

[nobody123]

Omega, this is a shitty place to bare your soul, creatively or otherwise. Lotsa assholes willing to tear you apart you know. ...me, for example

 

[pablice]

+1...right on!

This is actually a really good place to be creative and push the envelope. How you respond to the ones trying to tear you up can be quite a liberating experience and you can learn a lot about yourself and make the appropriate inprovements based on your reactions. If you are creative, best part of terb is that there are people who really appreciate creativity and can be a small source of some of your inspiation. I am satisfied if there is 1 out of 100 that appreciate it, or take something from it. It is quite rewarding when you can carry some of this stuff along with years spanning between your dialogue.

Haha, go ahead. Another I learned this year is to not take everything so seriously. I can't change how people act, but I can change how I react.

 

[icespot]

Very well said I like that.

Haha, go ahead. Another I learned this year is to not take everything so seriously. I can't change how people act, but I can change how I react.

 

[nobody123]

Dammit Omega, how can I crap all over what you write when you are so gawdammed reasonable about any possible crapping-all-overing that might happen?

In light of that, (and the fact that in all honesty I have a hard time being my usual arsehole self towards any creative endeavour), Imma going to criticize it before I see it. Ready? Here goes...

That's the dumbest thing I've ever...

Naw. My heart's just not in it

 

[MissCroft]

Go to the craziest bar in the city and just listen. Great material....trust me.

 

[Don Draper]

Go back and get one of the books that you loved in your late teen's or early twenties. Read your favourite passage from it and ponder on it. Read it a couple of times and then let it alone.

Ponder on it and then start writing. Anything, even gibberish. You'll see something begin to flow soon after that.

 

[nobody123]

Go back and get one of the books that you loved in your late teen's or early twenties. Read your favourite passage from it and ponder on it. Read it a couple of times and then let it alone.

What if you loved some really awful, overblown shit in your teens and early twenties though? I mean, Carlos Castaneda is kind of silly and not all that fucking deep after all, and I read fucking Tolkein as a teen fer Chrissakes. Some things are best not revisited. This is exactly the kind of exercise that drives me to drink.

 

[Yoga Face]

I got an idea.

I have been thinking of doing it for sometime.

If you try it, let me know the results.

float-toronto.com

 

[Don Draper]

What if you loved some really awful, overblown shit in your teens and early twenties though? I mean, Carlos Castaneda is kind of silly and not all that fucking deep after all, and I read fucking Tolkein as a teen fer Chrissakes. Some things are best not revisited. This is exactly the kind of exercise that drives me to drink.

You completely missed what I said.

You're an adult now.

You can now separate the 'Wheat from the Chaff'.

That is the point of maturity.

 

[nobody123]

You completely missed what I said.

You're an adult now.

You can now separate the 'Wheat from the Chaff'.

That is the point of maturity.

Well, that and being a humourless pedant who speaks down to someone that is cracking wise.

 

[Don Draper]

Well, that and being a humourless pedant who speaks down to someone that is cracking wise.

Good reply.

Well written, concise and sharp.

Well done!