Gene Wolfe’s method for breaking “writer’s block”: if he can’t write, he forbids himself any form of entertainment until, out of sheer boredom, his unconscious gives in. He claims the longest he’s gone without being able to write is four days.
Gene Wolfe’s method for breaking “writer’s block”: if he can’t write, he forbids himself any form of entertainment…
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8 responses to “Gene Wolfe’s method for breaking “writer’s block”: if he can’t write, he forbids himself any form of entertainment…”
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Huh. Haha pretty straightforward. Work isn’t work when there’s no play to distract from.
What do you think of this Mike Reeves-McMillan? Effective tool against procrastination?
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Huh. Haha pretty straightforward. Work isn’t work when there’s no play to distract from.
What do you think of this Mike Reeves-McMillan? Effective tool against procrastination?
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I’m not full-time, so I don’t have the problem. But it sounds like it would be effective.
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I’m not full-time, so I don’t have the problem. But it sounds like it would be effective.
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I’m going to try it out tomorrow on my day off. I’m switching from poetry to fiction and getting my word count up there has been challenging. The other day I had exhausted myself in three hours over… 750 words. It’d be great, though probably unrealistic, to get up to 5k a day.
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I’m going to try it out tomorrow on my day off. I’m switching from poetry to fiction and getting my word count up there has been challenging. The other day I had exhausted myself in three hours over… 750 words. It’d be great, though probably unrealistic, to get up to 5k a day.
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Pre-planning is a good way to boost your productivity. Rachel Aaron has a book on it. I don’t use her full method, but it has helped me move up the numbers.
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Pre-planning is a good way to boost your productivity. Rachel Aaron has a book on it. I don’t use her full method, but it has helped me move up the numbers.
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