Paola Giovana's Lounge Discussions

Hiya Jesse I have to agree with Kerry in the eating and exercise stand point. The more active the body the healthy the mind is what I have always believed. There is no right or wrong answer Jesse and I hope you find your muse soon again.

The feeling that you'll never be able to write again feeds back on itself so that you can't write which strengthens the feeling that you'll never be able to write again... Everybody works their own way through this. Maybe sit down with one idea. Not your best, just one idea. On a piece of paper, write three columns: Beginning. Middle. End. Under beginning, write a beginning. Just a sentence, about your idea. If you blank, write: Joe gave his cat a cupcake. For the middle: where you see the middle of your story. If you blank: Joe's cat wanted to go to the fair. You get the idea. Then look at "Beginning" and "Middle". Write some ideas on how your characters get from the beginning to the middle. Just ideas. If you are working with Joe and his cat, figure out how by Joe giving his cat a cupcake leads to Joe's cat wanting to go to the fair. I don't know if this trick will work for you, but maybe by taking your big idea and breaking it down into smaller problems (beginning, middle, end... steps from beginning to middle...) will derail that negative feedback loop.

Break down that wall man. shake off whats ever causing that blockage.

Thank you everyone for your advice. I'm particularly partial to Kerry's, Shelly's and Alle's advice. I think stress and negative energy may be throwing me off. I appreciate your tactics/thoughts and will report back when this wears off. Hopefully this will help others that are going through something similar.

I have a issue that's similar to yours, Jessie. In my case, though, I feel swallowed by obligations as studies, family and work. Ideas come, but almost never at the right time. Sometimes I manage to make notes to develop later. Maybe the writing blocks will fade away when we are a little more relaxed. Hope you pass through it soon! ;)

I would also say all great literature is based on planets and ideas of fate, from Gilgamesh to Jesus to today. this universal organism called time is the source of all stories. Astrology, knowing where planets are in relation to each other and what that "means" is just indicating where we are in that story and the psycho emotional depth of our account of it. Everything breathes together.

I like this idea too because some of my characters are historic and it might be a way to have insight into their stories... just to kind of spark something. TArot too, and omens. Join my netowrk.

I have done Tarot for development before -- when building a story around a visual moment or set of images -- and found it to add a layer of richness. Astrological divination can be used in similar fashion. They are excellent creative tools (especially the cards), as that is half of what they were created for: originally one played the Tarot. Of course, it depends on how well you relate with those tools and your intuitive, creative insight. Have fun with it!

I absolutely support any form of character/story creation in alternative ways. I'm a gypsy on my mother side, lucky to have characters pop out onto the page as if they created themselves, however, you just gave me a great idea for a character who could drive an entire story. Thanks, and good luck with yours.

I am a writer and I am a psychic medium. I get proof all the time. Have helped lots of people during Covid. Help lots of people all the time. Anyone can be psychic, see souls... because we are all souls. Some more aware of it than others. On tarot... yes each card represents an archetype energy and the hero’s journey. Totally works for writing! Best wishes to all believers and non-believers! Bec