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Rec'd on 📝 I want to write more - do i make the jump right to substack?
YOU GOTTA JUST WRITE
you've just got to write freely without a purpose or without an end goal just start writing and see where you end up, even share stuff here if it doesn't 'fit' anywhere else, it's just gonna get the muscle moving and then you'll have tonnes of stuff to look back and work from when you've got something specific you want or need to write
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@shredddflanders
Feb 8, 2024
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@theefancybear
great insight, waiting on perfection or waiting in general isn’t serving me any good.
Feb 8, 2024
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@shredddflanders
theefancybear i'm bad for it to w/ songwriting and producing. the thing that keeps me going and just putting stuff out is that we're probably going to look back and criticise anything we do regardless if it's amazing or not - so we just gotta find ways to be content with what we do and know that each time we make something we can get 1% better and if you 20 things, that's 20% better and so on
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start writing
When I'm stuck or seem to lack motivation, I often force myself to start putting words on paper. I just grab a notebook — not a digital device, gotta eliminate escapes and distractions — and start writing. Even if it it begins with "I don't know what the hell to write," at least I'm writing. Eventually it goes somewhere.
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@mattshawsome
Oct 16, 2024
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Automatic writing
If I want to just write SOMETHING I'll do some automatic writing. I often get random phrases stuck in my head so I usually start off with one of these and then just... keep going. It doesn't have to make sense it just needs to exist and get you moving. If you get stuck start describing the room, the weather, what you're wearing, what you ate today, etc. being really descriptive with language is always a good exercise. Tips: - Don't go into it expecting to write anything good. Maybe you will, maybe you won't, the point is just to write something. - Don't read it back straight away. Just write and leave it. Come back to it next time you open your journal and see if you can find anything good in there. You might find a good turn of phrase or word you've not used in a while - Automatic writing is a great way to make use of those words or phrases that you overhear or that get stuck in your head. You might find yourself making sense of them or putting them next to another idea that makes both stronger.
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@caskeyc
Apr 22, 2024
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stream of consciousness nonsense: it doesn't have to be good it just has to exist
i find that sometimes u just need to put words on a page or in a doc even if it starts with "i don't know wtf i'm doing" bcuz u begin the ritual of thinking, feeling, sifting, observing and recording. and also giving urself the freedom to write in fragments, for ur entries to be non-linear and even nonsensical :) the pressure to produce a specific result is often what stops me before i start
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@jovi
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