Comments on: banging my head against the writer’s block http://dossy.org/2003/08/banging-my-head-against-the-writers-block/ Everything that comes out of Dossy, from the strange to the banal. Wed, 16 May 2012 14:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ian http://dossy.org/2003/08/banging-my-head-against-the-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Ian Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:47:11 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000014.html#comment-12 Hello, Soto (spoken in the same quirky way as those silly "Hello, Moto" commercials) Long time no see. (spoken in the slow, deep voice of the stereotyped American Indian, saying such things as, "White Man big ass.") Hello, Soto

(spoken in the same quirky way as those silly “Hello, Moto” commercials)

Long time no see.

(spoken in the slow, deep voice of the stereotyped American Indian, saying such things as, “White Man big ass.”)

]]> By: Vanessa http://dossy.org/2003/08/banging-my-head-against-the-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Vanessa Fri, 05 Sep 2003 15:24:30 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000014.html#comment-11 just sent an email to you at panoptic, but i'm pretty sure you have a new job, huh? email me- i found something funny you might enjoy. also, vacation pics from mexico. god, your baby is cute. just sent an email to you at panoptic, but i’m pretty sure you have a new job, huh? email me- i found something funny you might enjoy. also, vacation pics from mexico.
god, your baby is cute.

]]> By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2003/08/banging-my-head-against-the-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Dossy Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:11:24 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000014.html#comment-10 I've tried the outline approach and it doesn't seem to help -- I can't even get the outline down. The problem is just in committing to writing something down that I'll be happy with. Or, once I've written something, allowing it to stick around instead of just deleting it wholesale. I think I just need to close my eyes and blurt out whatever comes out, and let others do the revising and deleting for me. I just hate to do that ... -- Dossy I’ve tried the outline approach and it doesn’t seem to help — I can’t even get the outline down.

The problem is just in committing to writing something down that I’ll be happy with. Or, once I’ve written something, allowing it to stick around instead of just deleting it wholesale.

I think I just need to close my eyes and blurt out whatever comes out, and let others do the revising and deleting for me. I just hate to do that …

– Dossy

]]> By: Ian http://dossy.org/2003/08/banging-my-head-against-the-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Ian Wed, 20 Aug 2003 21:48:32 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000014.html#comment-9 I would recommend outlining. It's a good way to separate all the issues at stake, and can make aswering the questions much easier than trying to answer them all at once, just by jamming something out. I would recommend outlining. It’s a good way to separate all the issues at stake, and can make aswering the questions much easier than trying to answer them all at once, just by jamming something out.

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