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ha, I have a bit of a cruel solution that will FORCE you to "just write". Behold, The Most Dangerous Writing App. You need to keep timing for a set amount of time (you can choose how long you wanna write). If you stop writing, then your progress diasppears. You're forced to "just write" and not go back to correct anything.
At the end of the time, it'll let you copy paste your text to another area, like google docs so you can yk keep it and edit it later.
Edit: If you do this, do like small 3 min or 5 min chunks, bc losing everything SUCKSSS
Of course, you have to "just write". But I think after you start writing, the hardest part is to continue without backspacing and rethinking. Behold, The most dangerous writing app. You can set a timer for how long you wanna write - start off with 3 mins, maybe - and keep writing.
You can't backspace or hesitate because you'll lose your progress if you do, with no way to recover it. . At the end of your 3 mins, you'll be able to copy your work and paste it onto someplace else, like a google doc or something. Risky, but the easiest way to start writing and not stop.
a few AOs have said that food analogy essays usually suck.
tbh you have to find your own unique "voice"- it's really hard, but using sites like https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app help. That site links you to the Most Dangerous Writing app, which deletes all progress if you stop writing. As you write, you'll find that your voice starts coming out more.
I'm 17, but I'd find any 17-18 year old writing about something stupid like pasta shapes like-
"The enigma within each vaguely curved foodstuff of carefully crafted grain drew me in with its ambiguous angles and stochastic build - even with pasta, my inner thirst for mathematics was less of a controllable want to be satisfied and more of a burning, parching desire to discover the unknown in the known."
Like bruh that sounds dumb af.
Also you're a junior, i think you can chill for a year and then start worrying.
Please note that this hasn't been given out to anyone and the landing page isn't real as it's still in beta. The idea is to pivot our book writing software to focus mostly on fiction authors and worldbuilding: https://www.squibler.io/
You'll notice we fleshed out some of the product already, but it has a long way to go.
Have you tried something like The Most Dangerous Writing App? If you stop typing for too long, it starts deleting your writing. You don't have any time to overanalyze.
Not to complicate things, but have you looked into Squibler?
I haven't tried it out yet, but I've been using their free webapp Dangerous Writing App a couple times a week when I just want to have some fun. If I recall correctly, the developer first made it long before they released Squibler as a sort of proof-of-concept for their backend framework.
I LOVED this app when it was supported. I got so many books finished because of it. I’ve been searching for a replacement since my computer stopped allowing the desktop app.
I’ve found nothing quite as good. But these are similar: The Most Dangerous Writing App. If you like the punishment options, this is similar. I find it too much personally. If you stop, it’s ALL gone instead of deleting from the end. I still use it sometimes if I’m stuck.
Fighter’s Block—another web app, with an RPG flavor. Writing words knocks the monsters out. IIRC it glitched a bit but never lost my work.
I know there are others out there that do more of the words—>rewards! stuff like showing you kitten pictures, but that never worked for me.
These days I make do with a timer and willpower, but I dearly wish Write or Die was still working.
Had the same exact problem while writing my own college apps. It sucked.
The only thing that ended up working for me was The Most Dangerous Writing App. Pick an essay prompt you want to work on, set the timer for 5min, and press Start — it will force you to continuously write until the 5min are up. Give yourself permission to ramble, go off-topic, spout pure garbage, whatever — as long as you’re writing something for the full time — and then go back in once you’re done and pick out the good bits.
I've found that The Most Dangerous Writing App is especially good for stuff like this, if only to get me to keep writing continuously. Just make sure you have hardcore mode disabled, and you can export your end results to a word doc.
Thank you for compiling this list. Some truly excellent resources here. I only found out about Wavemaker the other week and I want to know where the heck it was hiding when I was plotting out my longfic!
I have a resource too:
For severe cases of writer's block, try The Most Dangerous Writing App. You write to a pre-set timer (e.g. 5 minutes), but if you pause for too long, all your writing will be deleted! A bit high pressure but useful if you really need a kick to get going.
Go here: https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app
Click "start writing without prompt."
Start writing about what you want to write. Don't stop, or it will delete all your work.
You won't write anything good and probably not even anything worth keeping, but set it for five minutes and just go. Write a little story for yourself. When you're done, remember what it felt like to """JUST WRITE""". That's the kind of "flow" you should be trying to occupy when you're doing first drafts - pure creativity, no editing. It doesn't have to be as... unstructured... as what you will do when you use the writing app I linked, but keep the focus on moving forward and getting more on the page.
I suffered from the same problem you describe and having at least a goal to aim for with my process was at least half the battle. You will have to spend a lot of time trying and failing to do better but eventually I succeeded and you might too.
Hire someone over on Fiver to do the research for you. Consider having her going somewhere else unless Cape Town is necessary to the story Use it as a huge barrier and she can’t go. Consider having her use a fake Id and passport.
Learn to edit. Grin. Use your tendency to read too much into things as a characteristic of your heroine or her guy.
I would absolutely use facts.Events. Recognizable issues.
Start writing worry about the how later
Here's the advice I give to everyone struggling with wordcount: use the Most Dangerous Writing App (or something like it). It forces you to spew out the words. I can hit the nominal daily word count goal (1667) in an hour. With a bit of discipline, 5k in four hours would be no problem.
If you're really set on getting through this thing, and you really mean it when you say "Screw the plot. Screw consistent characters. I'm going to bullshit all of it," then give this a try. It can be scary, but it's a sure way to get lots of words down.
Hey gang, so I've been interested in this idea of making the practice of writing closer to how you practice a musical instrument, where the product of your practice are just kind of ephemeral and intangible. I took a whack at coding up something just to explore the idea and didn't know if you all might be interested as well. You can find it over here.
It's very similar conceptually to The Most Dangerous Writing App (and very similar technically, it's basically just a slightly modified fork of their work) but I was interested in something that more embraced the nature of your work slowly disappearing rather than using it as a punishment. I also went ahead and included the (disableable) ability to download your past entries if you decide you want to keep them. Otherwise you can just close the tab and they'll disappear forever.
>To make a story impactful and believable - regardless of genre - you need to have a dynamic and ever-evolving protagonist. This is known as a round character.
Sorry, I don't have any prompts in mind, but I know where you can look for some!
-- Monthly prompt challenges (archived on this very subreddit)
-- plot bunny adoption thread sometimes has content for any fandom
-- there's tons of plot generators if you simply Google for it, but here's two I bookmarked: *writingexercises.co.uk *https://www.squibler.io/plot-generator
-- Tumblr. Just. Tumblr. It might be tricky to find something at first but if you search by tags eventually you'll find something. There's lists and lists of prompts, from soulmates to trope mashups and even one-word prompts. I'm on mobile and not equipped to curate a list rn but Tumblr is always a good one to find stuff.
Good luck! I hope that helped.
What you're talking about is an "inner voice", and not everyone has it. There's even been research done on the subject.
People who hear an inner monologue hear their thoughts, hear what they type, and sound out what they read. People who don't, hear nothing. They do the action, without the associated mental sound.
When it comes to writing, how persistent that monologue is comes down to speed. Slow writers and readers need to hear that monologue before comprehension. For faster writers and readers, that monologue is simultaneous with what they doing or seeing.
Imagine writing like talking. You don't have to think of a full sentence in advance of saying it. You just do it. Writing is the same. You just use your hands instead of your voice.
There are ways you can improve your writing hesitancy and learn to supersede that internal monologue. Automatic writing is the best technique. Sit down and write whatever comes into your head for five minutes. No breaks. No editing.
Try something like The Most Dangerous Writing App (https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app). If you stop typing it deletes your words, so you really need to push through and just get words out.
I think they were referring to both writing the letter and then reflecting on it later. To the "writing a letter" tip, I definitely support that. I was having some anger towards a family member who is going through a mental health issue. Felt guilty for feeling anger towards someone going through a mental health issue. Kept spinning everything over and over in my head. Talked to a therapist who recommended I write a letter to the person, without planning on sending it. Could be about anything, just write a letter. I finally wrote the letter and noticed a lot of emotions and pain being expressed. It was one step that allowed me to express myself in an honest way and it helped me get things off my chest and continue to process what I was feeling. Highly recommend. If you have trouble starting to write, I suggest The Most Dangerous Writing App, a program that requires you to continuously type for a set amount of time. If you stop typing your work is deleted. Good luck and hope this helps: https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app
sometimes when i just have to force myself to start writing, whether it be for class assignments or personal use, I use Squibbler's 'The most dangerous writing app' which deletes your work is you stop writing before the time limit runs out/word count is reached
albeit its a bit sadistic for me to go at it this way but hey it works
as soon as you finish a sentence/idea make the text white so you can't see what you just wrote. this helped me finish my essays then i was able to go back and edit stuff later.
also, this website https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app/ will force you to keep typing for a specific amount of time (that you can choose). if you stop it will delete everything you wrote
Je ne connais pas du tout ce challenge, je vais essayer !
Pour écrire, j'utilise la méthode du flocon de neige (https://www.squibler.io/blog/snowflake-method/ en anglais ici). Cela aide bien à structurer tout ce qui peut passer par la tête !
I'm not saying that you aren't doing anything; I know you are thinking about it. However, I would literally write the most cliche idea and start from there. Just write the most obvious essay you can think. Write anything! Your idea will come out of your writing and you'll realize that the most personal part of your essay won't be the idea itself but your voice that is portrayed through your writing. Write anything and it will come. The dangerous writing website is attached below. It forces you to write for a certain amount of time that you designate. Use it. Write stuff. Any stuff. Before it's too late.
May I present to you "The Most Dangerous Writing App"
This offers prompts and also is pretty brutal. You can write with or without prompts and at a preset time limit/word count. However--diddle too long and poof there goes your progress. (It's a GREAT motivator for someone with ADD like me lmao)
Use the Most Dangerous Writing App. It's a free online webapp. If you click the little pencil icon where it says "Session length" you can change from time to words, and then Hardcore mode doesn't show you anything you've written until the end. For a week or so, I used Hardcore mode with 1,667 words and no prompt. It took me about 30 minutes of frantic banging on my keyboard to finish, and my obsessive mid-flow editing has reduced significantly since then. I now write 1,667+ words a day as a rule, and don't go back to edit until the whole piece is complete.
I've started using The Most Dangerous Writing App - https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app, which deletes your previous work unless you keep writing. I set it to a couple hundred words and see what comes out.
Usually I end up with a word salad, but it's a better starting place than a blank page.
I also love my alphasmart, I write out my chapter prompts on a post-it, go outside without my phone and type with no distractions. It's also great for planes, camping trips etc when the world is moving again and the battery life is amazing!
If I'm on my computer I like this free website: https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app/write?limit=10&type=minutes
Use The Most Dangerous Writing App. You choose a length of time to write, and have to write continuously until the time ends. If you stop writing for more than 5 seconds, everything you've written is lost.
It's a challenge for sure! If you're interested, this site forces you to keep typing and deletes everything you've written if you stop. I start most sessions with it to force myself to keep going.
Do you edit while you write? I've found tools like https://www.squibler.io/writing-prompt-generator really helpful in forcing a word vomit, and then edit after. It provides a simulation of the 12am essay deadline that was definitely, uh, motivational when I was in college.
i recommend freewriting regularly. if you are unfamiliar with the term, it's an exercise where you set an arbitrary timer (usually 15-20 minutes) and then force yourself to pour out words with no stopping, no backspace (no erasing if you're using pencil), no editing until the bell. there are a few things this does:
-it creates a mental "mode" in which you write and write and write, can't stop to think, gotta write!
-it gives you permission to write utter garbage. because until you've done this a lot, everything you freewrite will probably be complete garbage.
-it gives you experience writing utter garbage without anyone yelling at you for it. you can hardly even yell at yourself for it; the format of the exercise is hostile to writing in good form.
for freewriting, you might try the most dangerous writing app (https://www.squibler.io/writing-prompt-generator, select "start writing w/o prompt"). it will accept time limits in most practical 5 minute increments and if you stop writing before the bell, it erases everything. i enjoy using it for speeding through stuff in a blind panic sometimes.
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as for actually getting started... feel free to start in the middle, writing the scenes you most want to do. you can always write the first chapter, and edit in stuff to account for how the story changes as you go along, later. actually, two of my biggest projects worked this way, and the one that's complete ended up discarding almost everything i had written for it before the last draft, and that's okay because i wouldn't have gotten the story to the place i did without having gone through that process.
The reason most people have writer's block is because they self-censor themselves while writing, and that's the opposite of what you want to do.
Just write everything that comes to the top of your head. Yes, a lot of it is going to be shitty and unusable, but you'll also get a lot of great ideas to workshop with and incorporate in your essay. Worst case scenario, you're back where you started with.
To force yourself to not self-censor, try this website. Hopefully this helps!
If you're trying to write a draft and just CAN'T keep going, try The Most Dangerous Writing App.
You can set the timer by either word count or minutes. You MUST keep writing--anything! If you stop typing for 5 seconds, the program deletes your work. If you complete the challenge, you can download the results. Just try to avoid the results being, "I don't know what to write, what the heck should I write my essay about, I have no clue," etc.
Don't worry if this first draft is awful or nonsensical. An essay draft that is terrible, horrible, no good, very bad--that's FAR better than nothing! You gotta start somewhere, and at this point in the game for y'all, being forced to just WRITE can the best way to start the process.
Good luck!
Firstly, why are you showing this to us if you know that your English is bad (and it is bad, trust me, I skipped through your text - it is not only spelling)? Why don't you write in your mother tongue?
Secondl... ugh. Is this your first ever attempt in writing? If so, please check some basic creative writing advice, for example this one: https://www.squibler.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Infographic_wLinks-4.pdf
Otherwise I feel like I've been trolled.
Do you work for squibler? This is the same as this:
https://www.squibler.io/blog/how-to-be-a-novel-writer/#To_be_a_Novel_Writer_Nail_Down_Your_Idea