Nothing to say, Brain freeze, all dried up

in help •  8 years ago 

My brain has stopped working, I haven't a clue what to write about, I am hoping some of you beautiful people will give me a kick. I have been thinking about writing all day but then get distracted by something else, or maybe that's just an excuse for having nothing else to say.

I have looked through members posts to see if it will give my brain a kick but nothing, I can actually hear the cogs going round, there not going round smoothly either think they need a oiling and maybe the odd tweak here and there.

Is it just me or am I doing something wrong, I think about something to write about, sit down open my laptop then load Submit a Story but haven't got a clue how to start it or where I am going to go with it.
What do you do when you can't think of something, or do you never have that problem.

Where do you get all your ideas from, do you have something that spurs you on with your next post, please tell me, advise me the way to go.

I will be your bestest friend forever BFFN'S

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I wandered over here to check on you, see what you are up to since you support me so well as a Minnow to your work on here.

I liked this idea when you said this:

" -I have looked through members posts to see if it will give my brain a kick but nothing, I can actually hear the cogs going round, there not going round smoothly either think they need a oiling and maybe the odd tweak here and there...."

I think it is good you put that out there. Do you feel like you HAVE to put something out?

I would understand that but you are not on a deadline with a publisher sister lol.

OR ARE YOU?

hahahaha!

Write something about what you like doing for fun.

I wonder if the post earlier this week about family stuff burnt you out a bit, if you carried it for awhile.

You can rest. We will be here for you tomorrow. You have permission to do that when needed.

Thanks for your support on here.

Here is the photo from my blog post today! Have a good nite. Or day. IDK where you are lol

I'm in the UK :) Thank you for popping over, its always a pleasure to see your name in my messages. I enjoy your posts so following you is another pleasure as I do enjoy your posts and I do like your smiling sloth :).
You could be right as I am still dealing with my feelings about that post. I may take a few days break to get my head straight. THANK YOU for being so sweet :)

Aw, YW sister, I appreciate you a lot.

And I appreciate you bro :)

I get bad headaches so I have to get offline regularly, due to some injuries. You will want to check on my post I put up later -- 10 PM EST and you are about 5/6 hrs ahead of me depending on the season. I know bc I have relatives over there lol. It is about Standing Rock. It is short. I need to try posting things at different times to see what works and what doesn't. GBY and for me..... goodnight.

Ok ill keep a look out for it. Take care :)

did you know, sloths sleep 23 hours per day ???

I did not know it was that much, but I knew it was a lot. I feel sleepy now, all this typing wore me out lol

l, yes maybe nap time : )

if you have an smart phone whip it out and record those ideas while you have them.
make sure you are taking time to feed your brain with experiances.
if you're still struggling a change of scene while you write can help, if you sit on your sofa typing try sitting at a desk or going in the garden (when it's not pouring down)
And don't worry about how it reads as your writing just get the thoughts out then go through and make sure it all flows nicely and leaving spelling, grammer and markdown for your 3rd edit.

Good advice as usual, can always depend on you putting me straight. You should start charging me... :)

Also good answers LOL!

oh, I just read that back to myself and it seems a bit offish or cold, sorry for not being my usual-self tonight Karen. I have a million thoughts in my head I'm trying to organise and it's a little distracting.

Don't worry I never took it like that. Hope you get sorted hun and get some rest :)

thanks lovely it's nothing bad, just got a little stuck on something I'm working on and my brain is running through possible solutions and work arounds at 50 mph.

Anything I can do to help just ask, Not that I'm much use anyway but here if you need me :)

hehe send chocolate..lots of chocolate :D

On its way :)

I will wander over yonder to your blog house and see what you are up to now....

If your after some of that chocolate it's all gone... can offer coffee and jaffa cakes though.

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Electrotherapy, in moderation, can sometimes provide a spark of genius, or at least inspiration.

Always shocking developments out of @papa-pepper amen @karenb54

LOL! - Too funny!

Now that's an option I would never have thought off... Sticking wet fingers into the electric sockets ...lol

A "spark" of genius... that's all!

I haven't got that spark :(

My latest blog posts on the Standing Rock injustices are up, 1 last nite, 1 today and another short form /meme I did coming later -- you could always do something on that topic. #BigOil profits over #water and #People

Great Thank you I have bookmarked that, will be using that, thanks again :)

I found this and came back to drop this here. Try using one of these lists maybe -- it shows the numbers on the most active tags, etc etc and -- can give you ideas at the same time.

Parenting is coming to mind for you based on what I learned you deal with, this week

https://steemit.com/steemit/@ultimus/top-100-tag-categories-for-highest-average-payouts-nov-22nd

I will give it a look and see what comes to mind. I am a parent of A 24 yr old and a 19yr old but still looking for advice lol

LOL, I wandered back here to see how you are doing too lol, like others.
A parent...... Apparently you are good! Like I said, take a day or 2 off, if you like!

Trying too, going to have an early night. just wrote a post, really it was for my benefit :)

UV and RS your latest stuff also. You are doing great!

Thank you, I need all the help I can get lol :)

I think writers block happens to everyone, I had my own experience a few days back. I even tried looking up writing prompts to see if that would help, sometimes it has. Hope you can find something fun or unique to write about soon.

Thank you :)

Once the fog clears the sun will shine ! 🖒
When im stuck sometimes i just go back on y blogs and do an update!
Post on how far you have come your rep, SP,SD, followers, list some of yor favorite past blogs! That alot of people may have missed! Etc. Thank your followers and steemians for upvoteing for you and supporting you! Anyway give it a try! Sometimes it will help to get unstuck , once you start ! Good luck and steem on Sister ! Lol! ♨👍👭

Yeah I've done update posts was going to do another when I reached 3000 posts but that flew by lol

Heres a link to my last blog i did on papa-peppers new contest! It also has a link to his awesome contest and details ! https://steemit.com/contest/@karenmckersie/my-incognito-photo-entry-into-papa-s-wild-and-strange-contest-all-original-content-and-photos#@screenname/re-my-incognito-photo-entry-into-papa-s-wild-and-strange-contest-all-original-content-and-photos-20161124t011623
You should enter then like me do a blog about it ! All you need to do is hold a steemit drawing in front of a tree with your face somehow covered ! Then take a photo of it and post it in his comments on his blog! You will understand once you see my blog! Good luck!

Yeah you look good, good luck. I'm housebound so going tree hunting isn't my thing im afraid. The closest tree is a good 20 minute walk away from here :)

LOL!!

I've had times where my brain feels like it was freeze-dried and the creativity on union break. Sometimes reading through someone else's post inspires a post of my own. Like, rather than leave a long comment, I might actually write a blog post and shout them out as the source. :)

Think my brain just needs a rest from thinking, sometimes I wish I could turn it off for a day or 2 :)

LOL, I wandered back here to see how she is doing too lol

Here is a partial list of techniques, from various sources, I used to give writing students to overcome block. The full list is on another hard drive and I'll dig it out:
Listen to some music that you really like.
Read something really bad. In your library you must have some book that is badly written. Read a bit of it.
Read part of one of your favorite books of all time.
Do not worry about your lead paragraph much at first, since you'll probably change it later anyway. Just start writing.
Begin by putting down some related ideas, or unrelated, and see if there are connections.
That's all I can remember on my first cup of coffee. I will add one that I did not tell students: smoke a joint, but only if it is legal in your country or state. :)