tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601263.post109984588473252576..comments2023-10-28T06:10:26.186-04:00Comments on Hebdomeros: Doing the UnstuckHebdomeroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17156133463666500445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601263.post-1099970112117398402004-11-08T22:15:00.000-05:002004-11-08T22:15:00.000-05:00Wow, that's really cool! I'll have to try that out...Wow, that's really cool! I'll have to try that out sometime!LadyLitBlitzinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876473101640676126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601263.post-1099963213515891492004-11-08T20:20:00.000-05:002004-11-08T20:20:00.000-05:00A fun one I haven't done in quite some time is to ...A fun one I haven't done in quite some time is to pull a Burroughs, or do a cut-up.<br /><br />Print out your story, and segment each page into 9 equal pieces (9 is arbitrary, you can make it more or less if you like). Put all the pieces into a hat or bowl, and draw them out one by one. The first nine you draw make up your first page, and so on until you have a new cut-up story. Most of it will be unintelligible, but often I find odd word combos that help me twist descriptions a little. And sometimes, when I'm lucky and pay attention, the new sentences will point me to meanings within my story that were hiding from me.Hebdomeroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156133463666500445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601263.post-1099889739804774122004-11-07T23:55:00.000-05:002004-11-07T23:55:00.000-05:00It's great that you posted this, since it's been o...It's great that you posted this, since it's been on my mind. Those two short stories I have -- one finished, one unfinished, both needing work -- have been plaguing me despite the fact that I'm trying to do NaNoWriMo too.<br /><br />Unfortunately, a lot of time if a story doesn't sing and then I stop writing, I quit. (I think that's an Aries trait, actually.) I've been lucky over the course of the last year or so to be able to get a beginning, middle and end.<br /><br />Luckily, this weekend I did finish the unfinished one. Basically, to get past my block, I took a hard look at it, knocked out the cheesy part that had stumped me, and then finished it from there. (I guess I already knew what the sort of punchline was going to be.) Don't know if it's particularly good, but at least it exists now.<br /><br />These are great tips though. I'm going to have to try them. Maybe with the other one that is still troubling me.LadyLitBlitzinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876473101640676126noreply@blogger.com