Discussion: Q3 Volume 35

[Dustin Adams]

Q3, 2018 - Volume 35

April 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018

[disgruntledpeony]

...Well, crap.

[RSchibler]

For about an hour I felt ahead of things. So, you know, thanks.

[disgruntledpeony]

On the bright side, I have half an idea for a story. Just need to figure out the missing bits. XD

[disgruntledpeony]

INSPIRATION HAS STRUCK.

Okay, really, what happened is that I accidentally left my phone on the kitchen table today instead of taking it with me to work, so I was bored on my lunch break and ended up figuring out how to start writing a story I've been trying to puzzle out for months.

The moral of this story: I need to spend less time on my phone.

[Rebecca Birch]

The moral of this story: I need to spend less time on my phone.

Seriously, though! I've recently taken up walking every day, and I don't use my phone, I don't have the internet, and I don't even listen to music. It's amazing what a brain will do when it doesn't have other things taking up its bandwidth.

[disgruntledpeony]

The moral of this story: I need to spend less time on my phone.

Seriously, though! I've recently taken up walking every day, and I don't use my phone, I don't have the internet, and I don't even listen to music. It's amazing what a brain will do when it doesn't have other things taking up its bandwidth.

Trust me, I get it.

[jficke13]

+1 sometimes I drive in silence and just... think... let the mind go places. Who knows what you might find.

[Wulf Moon]

Hits the alarm...with one of those Harley Quin sledge hammers.

"GROUNDHOG DAY! Here we are again!"

[pcmccollum]

Hits the alarm...with one of those Harley Quin sledge hammers.

"GROUNDHOG DAY! Here we are again!"

*cue Sonny and Cher music* <-- Hopefully someone gets this. Otherwise, .

[Dustin Adams]

I got it!!

[pcmccollum]

I got it!!

[Wulf Moon]

I got it. And then the next day, I got it. And then the next day, I got it. And then the next day, I got it. And then the next day...

[LDWriter2]

Okay, I'll be doing it. And I think the story has been written already. A new one, never sent out.

I said I think because I still will be writing short stories and its possible that I will write one I I like better before the middle of June.

[AmytheAuthor]

At a workshop, Dave and his son (cannot remember his name) discussed creating anchors. I picked up swimming in January and of course -didn't have my phone. So, my mind wandered all on its own... Then I started anticipating it and thinking intentionally of scenes I wanted to figure out or questions i wanted answered...

Results were awesome. So when I got the chance to escape my humans, I took my laptop to the pool and pounded out 3,000 words in 3 hours.

Now to get an indoor pool and patrons to make noise in my backyard...

Exercise also helps the brain perform better.

So maybe a good q3 goal is to leave the phone and exercise more? ;)

[amoskalik]

At a workshop, Dave and his son (cannot remember his name) discussed creating anchors. I picked up swimming in January and of course -didn't have my phone. So, my mind wandered all on its own... Then I started anticipating it and thinking intentionally of scenes I wanted to figure out or questions i wanted answered...

Results were awesome. So when I got the chance to escape my humans, I took my laptop to the pool and pounded out 3,000 words in 3 hours.

Now to get an indoor pool and patrons to make noise in my backyard...

Exercise also helps the brain perform better.

So maybe a good q3 goal is to leave the phone and exercise more? ;)

I actually worked this into my morning routine. 1/2 hour on the treadmill listening to books on tape. Take shower while thinking about my WIP. Sit down and write for an hour.

My creative mind works best in the morning, but it needs to be fully awake. The exercise does that. The books on tape gives it something other than my WIP to chew on while it's waking up. It also feeds ideas for future stories.

I wish I could bang out 3000 words though. I'm lucky to get 300.

[AmytheAuthor]

Oh yes, it was rare for me, first time it happened. Developing an anchor and getting ideas built up did that. And I got splashes on my computer to prove it. ;)

Congrats on writing each morning!

You may have a perfect storm some time too.

[LDWriter2]

. Constantly writing in my mind, rarely getting it typed up.

For years that is how I wrote. I hardly ever typed out anything. A couple(literally) of times I tried I got stuck on which way the story should go, then it became too much like work.