Writer's Block

[maskedmelon]

What do you do in the absence of inspiration?

Things I've found that help me find it again:

Lack of sleep
Fasting
Stress
Darkness
Meditation

[quido]

heroin

[big_ole_jpn]

find a hooker that will let me choke it til it turns blue

[big_ole_jpn]

drugs work pretty well too tho

[Thulack]

heroin

LSD is better then heroin. You want something that will open your mind. Drop some acid and put on a 30 minute Dark Star.

[big_ole_jpn]

LSD is better then heroin. You want something that will open your mind. Drop some acid and put on a 30 minute Dark Star.

not bad advice but u sound gay giving it

[Ahldagor]

What are you working on? Read some pre-Socratic philosophy.

[AzzarTheGod]

What are you working on? Read some pre-Socratic philosophy.

This. Plus the right drugs. (One-off opioid use can be helpful but chronic (any more than 1 day really) will have the exact opposite effect. For one-off use you cannot have a previous history of chronic use as the damage done to the system you want to activate for inspiration is permanently altered and you will not glean much meaningful glial cell activation)

Anything ancient Greek really in regards to philosophy.

Wil add inches to your height and help u hit the dunks u always wanted.

[quido]

LSD is better then heroin. You want something that will open your mind. Drop some acid and put on a 30 minute Dark Star.

hey thanks for the tip maybe now I'll consider trying it some day because of your input

[Daywolf]

http://i.imgur.com/V52IjL6.jpg
Anything can be found at the bottom of one of those bottles.

Other than that, rides on my motorcycle or tracking wild animals through the desert or mountains. When I had my dirt/desert bike, I could do all three at once for super-inspiration power-ups :D

[Pokesan]

hey thanks for the tip maybe now I'll consider trying it some day because of your input

please consider sucking my balls

im not saying you have to or should

just think about it, ok?

[Pokesan]

Daywolf are you an alcoholic

[big_ole_jpn]

advice for inspiration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtTEibFvlQ)

[quido]

now I'm really confused

[Ahldagor]

hey thanks for the tip maybe now I'll consider trying it some day because of your input

LSD is worth it. Set aside eight or more hours tho'.

[quido]

ok cool so if I take it 8 or more hours before work I should be good right?

[Daywolf]

Daywolf are you an alcoholic
I wish! Then I could be like this guy:
http://i.imgur.com/NTlKDcv.gif

[Ahldagor]

ok cool so if I take it 8 or more hours before work I should be good right?

Should be. More info: https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/lsd.shtml

[maskedmelon]

So many illicit suggestions lol. Thanks :p was hoping for something more benign ^^

[SamwiseRed]

go outside and talk to people

[Jimjam]

go outside and talk to people

This is a good one.

You could steal stories from old news papers too. Sometimes interesting looking at what happened many years ago. Many old papers are on online archives or in libraries, have you ever read the papers from the day you were born?
http://i.imgur.com/jeqzbt7.jpg

[Ahldagor]

Zoroastrian and Hindu texts.

[Spyder73]

Just start writing - the best way to get over writers block is to start writing, journal, short story, something to get the pen moving.

Source: 2 time Project1999 #1 Roleplay Writer Award (2015 and 2016)

[Aesop]

I like fasting myself

[Barkingturtle]

Make it your main source of income because you're at your creative best under incredible pressure.

[Blitzers]

Tear the heads off my GI Joes

[AzzarTheGod]

Zoroastrian texts.

Magus scum.

[Thulack]

hey thanks for the tip maybe now I'll consider trying it some day because of your input

Same for your Heroin suggestion. I'll get right on shooting some of that up :rolleyes:

[AzzarTheGod]

Same for your Heroin suggestion. I'll get right on shooting some of that up :rolleyes:

anyone who has used IV drugs even once is a huge fucking loser.

[Thulack]

anyone who has used IV drugs even once is a huge fucking loser.

agreed. I feel like a crackhead just doing dabs with all the work that is required. Just give me a pipe and some bud and i'm good lol. I save the acid for concerts.

[Kevris]

French-style Sidecar, Gimlet or Jack Rose.

[AzzarTheGod]

So many illicit suggestions lol. Thanks :p was hoping for something more benign ^^

was assuming we are talking about very serious career threatening writers block and not just a spat.

[big_ole_jpn]

anyone who has used IV drugs even once is a huge fucking loser.

what if it was IV lsd

[AzzarTheGod]

what if it was IV lsd

Psychedelics get a pass because you aren't taking it to just escape. And even if you are, there is still an amount of woke that's distilled from the experience which sets higher purpose.

exigent circumstances. I actually don't consider psychotropics and psychedelics to be "drugs". Although there are certainly people abusing them as "drugs".

[Daywolf]

btw I was just kidding about the bourbon ;) It does help in some cases with composing music, if not abused, but writing imo just gets tangled if more than just a drink or two. I mean for fiction writing, but research writing or non-fiction, well you want to be pretty clear headed. I don't know if you are speaking of fiction or non-fiction though, I assume fiction as that's more the risk of writers block. Block can be from anything, even diet, maybe more so. Just depends on the person. Do something else for a bit, eat some healthier foods, watch TV less and read a book out in the sunshine or something (with paper hehe).

[maskedmelon]

Thanks all, will try giving some of these a go. ^^