{"id":135,"date":"2015-11-25T14:27:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T12:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danieliusg.lt\/?p=135"},"modified":"2021-07-21T19:07:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T16:07:06","slug":"ka-rasyti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debesyla.lt\/uzrasai\/en\/2015\/what-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m stuck and don&#039;t know what to write next! What to do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Ah, that moment when you start writing a short story (book, poem, screenplay...) and you don&#039;t know what to write next. What to do then?<\/p>\n<p>I ran into this problem a lot during last year&#039;s NaNoWriMo. About every other day I had to rethink and (almost) literally beat my head against the wall.<\/p>\n<p>(I was actually banging on the table because the walls were lined with shelves.)<\/p>\n<p>And I know, my fellow writer, that this problem bothers you, at least sometimes. No, not a shelf problem. Ideas.<\/p>\n<h2>What to write when there are no thoughts?<\/h2>\n<p>I know I could write a long introduction here and introduce this as some crazy new principle, rule or whatever... But damn it.<\/p>\n<p>Last year I had trouble thinking about what I wanted to write. This year I haven&#039;t woken up yet. For one simple thing.<\/p>\n<p>I write what is fun to write.<\/p>\n<h3>By the way... is it fun?<\/h3>\n<p>Yes, it&#039;s fun. Not something that would fit very logically with the story already written. Not something I can easily sell. Not what my neighbors kid (or that kid&#039;s mom) likes.<\/p>\n<p>I write what I enjoy and that is simply that.<\/p>\n<p>What&#039;s fun for you? What do you like? Do you like what you write? If you like it, why did you stop?<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Maybe it&#039;s because you&#039;re afraid to write something that&#039;s FUN?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afraid to include Gnomes or something in your story about a couple in love?<\/li>\n<li>Afraid to write a chapter about chinchillas in a book about an elevator operator?<\/li>\n<li>Afraid to include an all-killing rabbit in a script about the Knights of Camelot and the Holy Grail?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Murakami, \u0160k\u0117ma and the creative team of Monty python were not scared.<\/p>\n<p>Although all these things were pulled out of the air in their stories, they are not logically connected to the rest of the story at all - what kind of nonsense is this? Didn&#039;t they have an iota of logic? The desire to present something deep, for which you would have received the prize of the Lithuanian Writers&#039; Union???<\/p>\n<p>Idiots.<\/p>\n<p>All those writers and creators are idiots. Because they wrote what was fun for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Well, forgive the sarcasm. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<h2>But\u2026 But\u2026 But wait! After all, so-<\/h2>\n<p>Sha. No &quot;buts&quot; and &quot;waits&quot;. You&#039;re trying to make excuses, aren&#039;t you? How can aliens from Venus be included in the history of medieval Europe? How can you do something crazy and so weird, right?<\/p>\n<p>But I have a question for you:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why would you want to write a book that is unpleasant to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you really believe that someone will enjoy reading a book that even its author (!) did not like to write? Someone will say that &quot;wow, this book is so predictable and cliche, amazing!&quot;?<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Well, if you believe that, then I have no right to interfere with your point of view.<\/p>\n<p>Keep writing books that are unpleasant to write. Which are also unpleasant to read, edit and buy later. Which are not interesting and in which the authors do not put a single interesting thought, tinkle and hook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But I won&#039;t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I will write what is fun. As all great writers wrote. And for me, writing will be pleasant, and reading a written book will be even more pleasant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Your choice. What do you choose?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Ah, that moment when you start writing a short story (book, poem, screenplay...) and you don&#039;t know what to write next. 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