ext_8961 ([identity profile] przed.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] ci5_boxoftricks2012-05-02 10:57 pm

Weekly Check-in Post

It's that time of the week again, when we get to find out how everyone is doing.

How are you? Basking in the glow of having nearly finished your story? Breaking out in a cold sweat every time you think of how much more you have left to write? Somewhere in between?

Since I'm tending more to the breaking out in a cold sweat side of things, I thought I'd link to one of my favourite pieces of inspiration: The Little But Really Useful Guide to Creativity.

So, what inspires you? What do you do when you just can't seem to write another word? What keeps you going when things are going really badly? Or really well, for that matter?

And if you have any questions or comments about your BB story, or you just want to have a little whinge, now's the time.

[identity profile] liriel1810.livejournal.com 2012-05-03 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
The bad news is... my original idea is refusing to cooperate. (it's now sitting in the naughty corner and may get to come out for next year)

The good news is... I've come up with another idea and written a sort of outline and even managed to write about 1200 words on it. I'm feeling pretty excited about working on this story too, so that's very hopeful.

I'm so glad there are still two months to work on the rough draft! May is Bodie and Doyle month on my writing schedule, so I'm hopefully of getting at least the VERY rough draft done (the one I don't show anyone, not even my beta!).

What inspires me? Well, in this instance it was a picture, but it can be something someone else wrote, a dream, a news item... pretty much anything can inspire me - it just all depends on whether or not my brain is in receptive mode or not. ;)

[identity profile] inlovewithboth.livejournal.com 2012-05-03 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
brave brave girl! I'm thrashing my original idea forcing it to comply! LOL!!!

[identity profile] liriel1810.livejournal.com 2012-05-03 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure if it's brave - or stupid. *g* I was getting nowhere fast with the original idea so it was either come up with a new idea, or drop out. :( Lighting a stick of dynamite under the damn thing wasn't working. *g*

Go you! I hope you can make your idea behave!