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writer's block :(

of_the_girlof_the_girl Posts: 745
edited May 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
scenes from a purple bedroom.
writer's block and three glasses of wine
held me back from joining the crowd of elders in the living room...
watching old saturday night live skits and chewing on potato chips
so i sat in my undies and a blue boy's teeshirt
with the pad in one hand and a pen in the other...
and all i could think of was --
"scenes from a purple bedroom"
scenes from a purple bedroom.

help me i'm losing my edge.
"At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet." --Plato

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  • NastNast Posts: 127
    try writing stuff from the your immediate surroundings what you see what you hear and what you feel and then turn around and make it all abstract with make believe characters and fancy words that people have to type into their online dictionary to figure out then after all that throw it into microsoft word and use the new handy dandy synonym feature where you right click on any word and it gives you other words/phrases for that ADJECTIVE sorry I hit the capslock on that word by accident and take out all grammer shuffle the words shuffle the stanzas you nobody can understand it anymore yet they still find meaning in it and then and only then will you know

    that it doesn't really work and sometimes a little writers block just means you should just take a nap

    -Always Nast
    The king of run on sentences...
  • KwyjiboKwyjibo Posts: 662
    of_the_girl wrote:
    so i sat in my undies and a blue boy's teeshirt


    hot :D:D


    hi jessie, good to see you.

    sorry you have writer's block, but at least you're posting.

    here I'll help you

    scenes from a purple bedroom,
    with the velvet soft sheets,
    and the little teddy bears
    that we pushed to the floor.
    I held you there, purple lights
    burned into my eyes.
    For once in my life, I felt alive!

    :D
    The most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway, is that its you, and that you're standing in the doorway.

    I write down good reasons to freeze to death in my spiral ring notebook. But in the long tresses of your hair--I am a babbling brook.
  • sevensinssevensins Posts: 887
    yah i got a bad case of that too......I feel like I have nothing to say. or rather no words to say it.
    http://www.myspace.com/pleasetryagain

    http://www.myspace.com/alotalotbetweenus
  • pearljoypearljoy Posts: 47
    try listening to a selection of those songs that extract feelings directly out of the soul - the best words come from some type of emotion - music does it for me all the time and I learn something new about what I've got to say......
    A block is an excellent time to move ourselves into a new and unusual dimension of thought - I like to think of it as a time to grow into the real power of our minds ----
    PearlJoy!!!!
  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    Music helps me. But with earphones, I have to be shut off from everything, then the words appear. Like butterflies (hah).
    I should be writing now, instead I'm at the message pit.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    (1) Pick three objects in your room. Write about them as descriptively as possible but do not name the object or the material(s) from which they are made.

    (2) Describe the smell, touch and sight of these objects. What memories or associations do these sensations conjure up?

    (3) Look at the physical dimensions of your room. Describe them firstly in very clinical, prose language. Now, secondly, think of images from, say a rainforest or a desert scene that you can use as unusual metaphors to describe the scenery around you. Try this device by thinking of some outdoor images to describe an interior. (Be careful not to mix metaphors though.)

    (4) Then start to think about how the description of the interior can work as an allegory for describing your feelings. And begin to think how the sound of language can articulate certain inexpressive feelings. If the overall impression of your room is one of claustophobia, create a constricted atmosphere in your choice of consonants and vowel sounds to describe it. If your room conveys your feeling of space and disconnectedness, think what word effects or sound patternings can reproduce that. The form of the poetry will write itself.

    Hope this helps.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Edit: I meant inexpressible, not inexpressive.
  • grooveamaticgrooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    there's a whole lot of great advice on this thread.
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  • of_the_girlof_the_girl Posts: 745
    first of all... pat, bravo :D

    secondly, there IS tons of great advice here. thanks you guys. :D:D:D

    *waves to fins* :D
    "At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet." --Plato

    www.myspace.com/birdinamitten
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    awww my poor sissy is having writers' block. I know i had that a couple of times, but do take your time. Whenever a line comes up, I immediately write it down on a piece of paper, or whatever I have in my purse, of course it sometimes formulates into something and sometimes it doesn't.

    Do use a change of environment, like go take a walk, or go to the park. Maybe that can help you out:)

    good luck sis! :D i know you can DO IT!!
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • grooveamaticgrooveamatic Posts: 1,374
    MeddleDeal wrote:
    awww my poor sissy is having writers' block. I know i had that a couple of times, but do take your time. Whenever a line comes up, I immediately write it down on a piece of paper, or whatever I have in my purse, of course it sometimes formulates into something and sometimes it doesn't.

    Do use a change of environment, like go take a walk, or go to the park. Maybe that can help you out:)

    good luck sis! :D i know you can DO IT!!

    are you two actually sisters?
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  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    this will pass..

    Of The Girl is a natural born poet.
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • of_the_girlof_the_girl Posts: 745
    grooveamatic wrote:
    are you two actually sisters?

    if by "actually" you mean by blood, then the answer is no :p hee hee
    but we bond like sisters and love each other like sisters and like blood sisters, we'd do anything for each other. we're best pals. compadres. chums. and live like thousands of miles away from each other. :p

    but no matter what, she's my sis. and she always will be, too!

    ~*~*~*~

    Nad, thanks so much hon. You're right, I should take walks and stuff, sit on my patio before a thunderstorm. Things that inspire me usually happen when I'm outside. It's just been a little chilly lately and I've had SUCH spring fever. It's almost summer for pete's sake and I have SPRING fever?! You know it's bad then. :p haha. But anyway, the weather today is perfectly warm, warm enough for a flowy thin skirt! So I'll bust out my pen and sit 'neath my favorite poplar tree. :) Love to you, sis. Talk to you soon. You know my thoughts are with you in your hard times. <333

    ~*~*~*~

    *waves fondly at olderman* I miss you, doll. :)
    "At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet." --Plato

    www.myspace.com/birdinamitten
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    what is the saying, 'sisters from another mother' that is what my friend, Shirley always tells me. :p cute, but true :D

    awww poor Jessie Wessie has spring fever...i hope you get better sis. :) Sending out positive vibes in the hopes you get better. :) miss you girl, and let those creative juices flow, you just can't stop the Jessiebot from writing, it is your nack! :D that didn't make sense but you know what I mean :p
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • of_the_girlof_the_girl Posts: 745
    MeddleDeal wrote:
    what is the saying, 'sisters from another mother' that is what my friend, Shirley always tells me. :p cute, but true :D

    awww poor Jessie Wessie has spring fever...i hope you get better sis. :) Sending out positive vibes in the hopes you get better. :) miss you girl, and let those creative juices flow, you just can't stop the Jessiebot from writing, it is your nack! :D that didn't make sense but you know what I mean :p
    Oh please darling, it made perfect sense!! :D hee hee. I wuv you. *big squeezes*
    "At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet." --Plato

    www.myspace.com/birdinamitten
  • oldermanolderman Posts: 1,765
    of_the_girl wrote:
    *waves fondly at olderman* I miss you, doll. :)

    Wave to all my friends...

    thank you Jessie and keep on writing (and thinking) FREE! :)
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Posts: 7,265
    of_the_girl wrote:
    scenes from a purple bedroom.
    writer's block and three glasses of wine
    held me back from joining the crowd of elders in the living room...
    watching old saturday night live skits and chewing on potato chips
    so i sat in my undies and a blue boy's teeshirt
    with the pad in one hand and a pen in the other...
    and all i could think of was --
    "scenes from a purple bedroom"
    scenes from a purple bedroom.

    help me i'm losing my edge.
    four walls
    a bedroom
    in purple
    one
    two
    three
    glasses of wine
    and they are the ones
    that grow older
    the ones who remember
    the B-52s signing Rock Lobster on SNL
    (as most wise elders do)
    . . . .


    It seems you have a lot to work with here. If you really want advice, be like a heart or a thought - expand and contract.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • pearlmuttpearlmutt Posts: 392
    the ones who remember
    the B-52s signing Rock Lobster on SNL
    (as most wise elders do)


    I love that. It's so quirky!
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