“Sometimes you don’t realize there is underlying trauma until it surfaces to the top, and you wonder where it’s been all along and why it resurfaced when you were getting better. But that’s when you realize that it’s a test that must be passed, a wave that must be surfed and a scar that must be filled. And once it’s all passed, you can begin to heal again. And you realize the beauty that you can always, always heal again, and again.”
“And she looked at the moon and asked if this was how life was supposed to be. If it was supposed to be hard and tiring. The moon smiled at the young girl wistfully and sighed. She knew that everything was wrong and she couldn’t fix it except listen to her woes and show up for her almost everyday. She was let down by everyone and would be let down by her as well. But at least she’d see the little stars she’d leave behind to be there for her constantly. It wasn’t enough but she hoped she’d realize that those who cared would always stay or leave things about themselves behind to be remembered by. And that they were never truly gone. And for that moment she shone a little brighter and stayed a little longer to listen to her woes before she disappeared for another day.”
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“The year is 2035. Most humans and magical groups live peacefully amongst each other in a functioning and progressive society. The word magic is integrated into daily life, and the world is better for it.
Despite all of the gains, there are still fringe groups of Humans who continue to riot against the rights various magical groups. Some of these groups even resorting to violence when their calls for change are not heard. On the other end of the spectrum, some pro-magic groups have sprung up, causing the clashing and dangerous protests to grow in almost every city around the country.
In the large booming city of Valhalla, it seems as though something strange is going on. There have been cases at the Institute of the Arcane of students losing their magic all together, seeming lost and helpless when they are found with no memory of what has taken place. Many of those with some form of magic in their veins have been disappearing without a trace. The groups have been blaming one another for the disappearances, but is everything as it seems? Is it the act of one or many?
Is something darker brewing just below the surface of Valhalla?”
(I know this isn’t really an INFJ thing like I usually post, but I felt the need to write this to help others with this problem)
So, I have been writing book for forever it seems like, but, as a book writer, I could never finish a book because I was always having writers block, I never understood why I couldn’t finish it…
Until now.
So here are some things you should to to prevent writers block or get over one you are having without completely stopping your book writing process.
Don’t focus on the details. Remeber, this is draft one. You can always edit it later. So I tend to write only the dialogue and add in notes what I can image the character doing or thinking so when I edit it, I can add more detail to that part of the book and describe step by step after draft one.
Write down every idea. So, sometime, I get random ideas on what to write. Like, I’ll be eating breakfast and get an idea to write something that might happen in the book I want to add in the future. So I write it down. And the whole plot build because I write down every single thing I want to happen in the book, it’s the matter of arranging it in order.
No such thing as beginning to end. This is what really got my attention and made me realize my source of writers block is from the feeling I have to write the book from beginning to end when, in reality, that’s not how it works for most people. If I feel I can’t write anymore of one part of my book I am writing, I will skip that part and move on to either the closest part I feel like writing or, I might even write something that happens towards the end, so that way I can always edit it and it will flow smoothly while still keeping that idea I had beforehand.
Who are the characters. This kinda helped me a lot. If you do end up taking a break, this helps remembering which character is who and their personality. For instance, I like to use reference pictures to describe the looks of my character and I write the description of the characters appearance and their personality. I also to a background of their life so I know what they have gone through to be who they are today.
I don’t know if this would help anyone. I know this helped me a lot when writing and I’m getting closer to finishing my first book than I ever did before because of this method I decided to use. I hope this advice could help others with their writings! Let me know if this helped you!
