How exactly can I get back into the habit of writing? I used to write a lot but when my free time plummeted to zero I stopped for obvious reasons. I’m now in the situation where I could write a few hours per day but I can’t get into it. I have several plots finished but I can’t get back into doing the deed. Every time I sit down with the intention – be it writing the prologue or a random scene I like – my brain goes into “nah”-mode.

fixyourwritinghabits:

Identify the reason why you don’t want to write. Maybe plotting makes you lose interest, so try pantsing instead. Maybe you’ve spent so much time on the plots that you feel like you’re obligated to write them, over actually wanting to write. Start a new project.

Map out your free time, and come up with an achievable goal, be it writing for a certain amount of time per day, or a certain number of words today. My daily goal is 2,000w on the stuff I need to get done. I start writing at 9am on the dot, and try finish before noon.

Remove distractions by blocking your internet, writing on a shitty device, or leaving the house. I use the Freedom app and pre-schedule blocks of time where my internet will be cut off from all 3 of my devices.

Take it slow. You can always up your goal later. There’s no need to overwhelm yourself now.

Don’t give up. If you sit down and plan to write for 30mins, write for 30mins. Don’t give up because the words aren’t coming naturally. Just write, anything. Or sit there and think about writing. Dedicate that time to writing.

How to deal with writer’s block: ‘I just lower my standards and carry on.’

William Stafford (via jamesgrantbrown)

A note to screenwriters of today: the only way to create stories that make us grow, think, feel and dream is to avoid the patriarchal iconography prototypes used to seduce producers. It’s not an easy ride; you have to be prepared to face all kinds of comments. I will never forget what a very well-known, Oscar-winning producer told me when I presented him the script for My Life Without Me: “Why do you want to tell the story of a poor, badly dressed woman who has just months to live?”. My answer was simple: “Well, someone has to”

Isabel Coixet, THIS FEMALE DIRECTOR IS SICK OF READING SCRIPTS ABOUT “YOUNG, SEXY WOMEN”
(via fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors)

The best fantasy writers don’t write fantasy in the fluffy, hocus-pocus sense, they change the rules by which the world works and then write very carefully and logically by those rules.

Terry Pratchett (Quote from ‘A Slip Of The Keyboard’)

writerofscreen:

Writers write. Simple.

I got this from a Facebook friend but I forgot to make a note of who so thank you whomever you are!

[Advice on dealing with writer’s block] I’ll try and write something, because improving nothing is impossible, improving rubbish is possible.

Debbie Oates (BBC Writersroom interview)

tickerbee:

durrymuncher:

we have three distinct races in this fantasy story: white people, dwarves: who are sort of like… short white people, and elves: slightly taller-than-average white people with pointy ears

#dont forget the suspiciously POC-coded token beast race

Source: emmikamikatze

hushednaturesvoice:

_{my character doesn’t just need lovers}

_{They need enemies that break them and force them to test their morals}

_{They need friends that will backstab them and hurt their feelings}

_{They need an enemy that will become a friend}

_{They need friends that they would lay down their life for}

_{They need people so close to them that they might as well be siblings}

_{They need fights and conflict and battles that could leave them broken and inches from death}

_{My character does not just need lovers}