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[annamatic.livejournal.com]

HELP! I've reached the famed end-of-week-1 slump. I've gotten about 11,300 words written (43 pages) and I'm just sick to death of this thing. I can't stop, because I promised myself I'd finish, but it's getting harder and harder to come up with anything to write. I've tried longwinded description, I've tried filler, I just can't seem to care anymore. This is most disturbing. I'm writing in a fantasy-type setting. Please, any help? Words of encouragement? Bizarre plot twist ideas?

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[followthetisa.livejournal.com]

A couple ideas I offered a friend last night...

Taken in part from the upcoming movie Stranger than Fiction, have one of your characters narrate.

Have one of your characters repeat every other word they hear.

Have one of your characters repeat important events, but much exaggerated.

If you are a poet or song writer as well, have a character sing or present poetry. It doesn't kill a ton of words but it gives you a break from prose.

Have everything all your characters believe about one character as truth, turn out to be false. Make sure it's an important character or else this doesn't help much. :P This has been a plot point in my story from day one. ^_^

Insert a written news brief about the state of your fantasy world. Make sure to include how the enemy is doing, how the heroes are doing, and interviews with both. Once every 10k words should be perfect, and it could kill up to 1k words and probably more if you include detailed reports on the previous 10k words and interviews with all MC's.

Have an argument about the usage of the word to/too/two.

Re: previous. Create a "special news report", interrupting everything, and interview the enemy and smaller characters as to how they use to/two/too.


Lots of crazy things can happen in fantasy. ^_^