Thinking up the idea:
- Think of an idea.
- Lie in bed and think about the idea some more.
- Dismiss idea.
- Walk around house. Do menial tasks. Allow the mind to wander.
- When the mind has wandered around to an idea, stop doing menial tasks and pay attention.
- Write it down.
- Read it over.
- Change it.
- Lie down on sofa. Let idea form a story.
- Dismiss idea. Hates idea. Idea is stupid.
- Decide to write from the headlines. Switch on news. Read newspapers. Look for inspiration.
- Ebola, eh?
- Brand new idea. A plague that wipes out most of humanity! The few survivors come together under some vague supernatural (religious?) pretence.
- But evil people have also come together! Drama! Conflict!
- Realise your idea is The Stand, by Stephen King.
- Read The Stand, by Stephen King.
- Go back to original idea, decide it's good enough.
- Congratulations! You now have your idea!
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*the good the bad and the ugly playing in the background*
(Rhos *huggles*
*group huggles*)
(Hi..I don't know if I'm here...depends.
Hi Garr)
(Hi, Sil how be you?)
(Chloe *huggles* how be you?)
(Okay Sil
Do what you think is best )
(I be great thanks ^.^
You?)
(@Garr I'm...trying. Loosing my will.)
(Oh Silly
My email is always open if you wanted to talk to me
Although I totally inderstand if you do t want to)
(@Flick it's not that I don't want to, its that I have nothing to tell. And I can't...I can't find a reason to do anything.)
(I'm happy thank you Chloe)
(i see, well as Chloe said my email is also open, if you want to use it)
(What do you enjoy?)
(What do I enjoy? I..don't know..)
(What makes you smile?)
*hugs Sil, a sad smile on his face*
How are you, Sil? What is... wrong?
We used to be so close. Now you won't even answer my emails. What did I do wrong?
(Right now Flick I'm going to explain as best I can. It's like the section of my brain im in is empty, and I know there's more at the sides but I don't have the...not energy...I don't have the anything to try get past the walls, if that makes sense?)
(Nothing Tia. You did nothing wrong.)
(*huggles sil* I get you )
(Thank you flick. For understanding.)
If you say so, Sil. What's wrong? Don't keep the pain bottled up.
(Nothing Tia.)
Sil...
(I am understanding with things like that
I am somewhat apathetic to negative feelings
I mean I don't cry at the sadest of things
Although I have cried twice in three days... I think it's something tht just leviates)
(Tia, nothing is wrong as such. I'm just...lacking. I don't what I'm lacking...but I'm lacking something.)
(I am back.)
(Hey Soph)
(I think I understand, Sil...)
(Welcomes Soph^^)
(*hugs Silente tightly*)
(*rests head on Sophs shoulder*)
(Tia - I sincerely doubt nagging someone like that will help them.
*holds Silente close* Are you alright?)
(I..lacking, empty. As stated above.)
(It has grown quiet and eerie
Blogland is no more than a ghost town )
(Apologies. It seems I disappeared briefly.)
(Sorry)
(Welcomes Soph ^.^)
(Hiya Sil)
(Silente - you have no reason to be sorry. It is not because of you. You telling people how you feel will not upset them, or make them quiet.)
(I agree with Soph)
OH MY GOSH.
You do NOT start using alcohol as a solution!!!!
Like Sophia said, then she'll become dependent upon it!!!
Yes, panic attacks are sucky, but being a alcoholic is also sucky!!! Being an alcoholic with panic attacks is doubly sucky!!!
If someone had their leg cut open, you wouldn't cut it further open so they passed out from bloodloss - "oh, look, they're not feeling the pain anymore" - would you? No. That works in the short term, but in the long term, it's RIDICULOUS. Then they just have a WORSE wound to heal!
Seriously. I totally cannot believe that you would think getting drunk is the solutuon to anything. -_-
(Thank you, Chloe.)
(And thank you, Star. That was my opinion on the matter.)
You've only ONCE convinced yourself you were dying? O_O
*tends to think I'm dying at least once a year*
*by this point, I KNOW I'm probably overreacting, so that helps, but it doesn't stop me stressing out*
Then again, I stress out quite a bit . . . have done all my life. :/
@Sophia: I know. It was a good opinion. *nods*
Personally, I wouldnt be anywhere near blood... Let alone cutting open someone's leg... ~ Danni
(Well it was InkyTCs idea
She was nagging
And I am a pushover -_-
She did it with good intentions
Sorry)
(Yes only once
Although now I am convinced I am diabetic)
(I think she and Ed seriously need to get their alcohol problems sorted out. -_-
I know, Inky. :))
I wanna be drunk when I wake up
On the right side of the wrong bed
And never an excuse I made up
Tell you the truth I hate
What didn't kill me
It never made me stronger at all.
Love will scar your make-up, lip sticks to me
So now I maybe lean back there
I'm sat here wishing I was sober
I know I'll never hold you like I used to.
But a house gets cold when you cut the heating
Without you to hold I'll be freezing
Can't rely on my heart to beat in
'Cause you take parts of it every evening
Take words out of my mouth just from breathing
Replace with phrases like when you're leaving me.
Should I, should I?
Maybe I'll get drunk again
I'll be drunk again
I'll be drunk again
To feel a little love
I wanna hold your heart in both hands
Not watch it fizzle at the bottom of a Coke can
And I got no plans for the weekend
So should we speak then
Keep it between friends
Though I know you'll never love me like you used to.
There may be other people like us
Who see the flicker of the clipper when they light up
Flames just create us but burns don't heal like before
And you don't hold me anymore.
On cold days cold plays out like the band's name
I know I can't heal things with a hand shake
You know I can't change as I began saying
You cut me wide open like landscape
Open bottles of beer but never champagne
To applaud you with the sound that my hands make.
Should I, should I?
Maybe I'll get drunk again
I'll be drunk again
I'll be drunk again
To feel a little love.
All by myself
I'm here again
All by myself
You know I'll never change
All by myself
All by myself
I'm just drunk again
I'll be drunk again
I'll be drunk again
To feel a little love.
(I like that sing Death
And we'll Ed May not come back so...)
(Hello, Danni. How are you?
I have only once convinced myself I was dying. In my defence, I was laying face down on the ground in a pool of my own blood and bone fragments.)
(-_-
The only good thing about thinking you're dying a couple of times every year or so is that you know how it feels to know you're going to die, which is probably quite good life experience. :P
Question that I will ask and you will answer and I will say more in response to your answer - why do you think you're diabetic?
(Well my nan has the inherited type so there is a chance
Also I constantly go to the loo
I am almost always hungry
I am always out of energy
A few years ago I put on some weight, but I have recently lost half a stone
I read this thing about the signs and almost all of then apply to me)
C loves Ed Sheeran . . .
@Sophia: See, that's a good reason to think you're dying . . . I just overreact. -_- When I was little I used to get scared of really illogical things like poisonous mushrooms from various fiction books, but now it's mostly cancer . . . eh.
I think I'm getting used to myself overreacting, though, so like, when something happens, I'm like "We've been here before, haven't we? You only think this because you overreact all the damn time so this times, like ALL the other times, you'll be fine. It'll be fine."
And then I can mostly convince myself with that.
I'm pretty tired but I'm hoping to score tomorr- uh, today off if I don't sleep. So I'm pulling an all nighter!! And I'm going to eventually snag some alcohol from the fridge and hide it under my bed so I can drink it when I'm home alone. I'm going to screw up my life. I've already screwed up, so I might as well do a pretty fuckin good job while I'm at it! ~ Danni
(Danni..)
@Inky: . . . Okay.
You live in the UK, so I would advise going to the doctor, as it's free, and y'know, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Although I would bear in mind that you do quite a lot of exercise so losing weight/being hungry/etc. could be due to that.
How long have these symptons been occuring? Because y'know, women are pretty screwed up with all their cycles, and then puberty and all that messes us up. If it's been going on a few months, then okay. If it's just a week, I'd say wait to see if it goes away.
*a few months or over
(Death... Dot)
Death . . .
Write out the advantages of doing this and the disadvantages of doing this in a list.
I know I'm quite logically minded, but lists often help set me straight.
*also, if it is an overreaction (I'm not saying you are overreacting, but I'm advising you from personal experience and all of mine have been overreactions), then if you wait a while then after a while you realise you're overreacting.
(It's been going on for atleast a year
I ne'er used to use the toilets in school
In year 11 an now I use the toilets atleast twice a day
And with the weight, I used to be in the seven stone area.. I then completely skipped the eight stone stage and I went to nine stone ten
But only recently have a lost half a stone)
I ruined my parents' lives with what I did Thursday night. I'm surprised they haven't raided my room for drugs... Though they did take my scarf... :/ ~ Danni
(*huggkes death tightly*)
Rose you are NOT going to become an acholholic.
(Star - Well, it was a little bit of an overreaction. I only had to be put into a coma.
Death - I am attempting to find a way of saying this without making it sound like innuendo but... Even the widest hole can be filled. There is no reason to make the problems worse. Fix what you already have.)
(*is quite glad they took her scarf* Dan...don't. It won't get you anywhere.)
So you say my sibling ruined our lives when they did what you did a week ago? Wrong.-Zaf
*Hugs Inky*
Loki, I do what I want. Sound familiar?
Sophia, my author is trying not to laugh.... And I like screwing up my life. It makes everyone stay away from me. :)
Sil... ~ Danni
You should have seen my family's reaction... ~ Danni
(Don't Death)
My line. You, love, need to take care of yourself. Will you at least do that for me?
(Dan I understand why you...why you think its a good idea, and I just...I look up to you Dan..please don't become an alcoholic...and I don't say that to hurt you or to manipulate you...)
Inky. I shall screw up my life. I'll find a way to do it one way or another.
Loki, nope. I'm sorry, but my life is my life and I'll probably be dead by the end of this year, so yeah.
Sil. Looking up to me is a bad idea... ~ Danni
(@Dan a lot of things are bad ideas. I still do them. And I still look up to you.)
(*sighs* I do t know what to say
I am crap in these situations
I'm going to lurk)
(Suddenly, Blake!
Can't stay long just popping in to say hi and possibly blow some stuff up.)
I'll tell you know, don't look up to me. You'll only be disappointed, Silente Tempest. ~ Danni
(Hey Blake )
Hi Blake... ~ Danni
What she said. ~ Rose
(Screwing up your life, Rose, will hinder you, not help.)
(*Tacklehugs Rose*
J: *Tacklehugs Danni*
Hullo everyone.
J: What he said.)
(Never Dan. Never disappointed.)
Danni, no dying.
*huggles*
Hello, people of Bloglandia.
(Hi kas *lurks within the shadows*)
We'll see when we get there, Sophia. ~ Rose
*Both girls stand awkwardly in the Blake/J tacklehugs*
Don't copy me, J... ~ Rose
(I will be back soon.)
Only a matter of time, Tempest... ~ Danni
Hush, Tia. ~ Danni
*agrees with Sil*
Then I shall ask Hel to give me your spirit and I will murder you in the afterlife, I suggest to not die.
Hel, is the god of the dead, also my daughter. Then again, I hardly see the said daughter, hence why I forgot about her.
(No Dan. Never. N-E-V-E-R.)
What part of "Screw up my life" sounds helpful..?
*Cuddles Rose tightly*
Holy shit... Are you saying that my step-daughter, I have another... That she's the God of death? Loki... Oh God... ~ Rose
Suck! You have step kids. You know he slept with a rock? You have pebble step-kids ~ Danni
*Both girls start to tackle each other*
Believe me, Sil! ~ Danni
@Inky: Okay then. In that case - go to the doctor's. :)
Death . . .
*hugs*
I don't know what I can do to convince you it's a bad idea . . . just . . . you'll regret it. :/
Uh, all of it? ~ Danni
*Frowns at Blake before experimentally hugging him back* ~ Rose
J: *Coughs*Hesleptwithahorsetoo.
(I can't Dan. I don't believe lies )
I probably will will, Star. ~ Danni
Yes. This sounds quite insane, but, Jabari and Hel rule together. Hel is very nice once you get to know her. She visited me last night....she wants to meet you and her half-siblings. I promise, I only have a wolf and a snake as children and then you've met all my children from my youth. I was very curious....
The term "screw up" is generally a bad thing...
J: *Follows Blake's example, cuddling Danni*
*Needs to make a list of things Loki HASNT slept with*
Sil... They're not lies... ~ Danni
I am aware my daughter slept with a horse. I suggested it.
Hmmm....I have not slept with a blade of grass. Or a tree.
(I will star
I'm going now
I don't know how much I'll be on
Ed isn't coming on anymore
Maybe he will one day
My email is always open
I'll still come on but I may limit myself)
I thought that was you.
*Thinks for a moment*
*A loading bar pops into existence above his head*
I believe I must leave now. *hugs Rose tightly*
'Curious'...?
*Cuddles J happily* ~ Dannk
Ah... I love it when people know about me and I didn't know they existed...
Relax, Blakey. I already screw up a lot. ~ Ross
(Dan I could never be disappointed in you.)
(@Loki YOU TOLD YOUR DAUGHTER TO SLEEP WITH A HORSE?? O_o
@Rosw and this is the man you trust your kids with?)
(Gotta go, I'll be back in a few hours. Most likely. I think.
Alright I have no idea when I'll be back, J's family is unpredictable...
*Blake/J cuddle Rose/Danni again and vanish*)
(Byii people)
Danni, you are an amazing person. *hugs her tightly*
You will get through this.
(That's right, we cannot be disappointed with you. You're amazing! And beautiful. And *huggles*)
Bye Loki and Chloe and Blake!
(I am back.)
(Welcome back Soph.
Bye all who left.)
*hugs Inky* Okay. :) :( :) *hugs again*
*is a thing that Loki hasn't slept with*
*will never sleep with Loki*
*probably*
*hopes she will never sleep with Loki*
*will definitely NEVER sleep with Loki*
(Shit.)
*laughs*
Well that's a great first comment :)
*would greatly prefer not to sleep with Loki*
XD
I'm really cautious typing these comments in case I accidentally typo and end up saying that I will sleep with Loki or something. O_O
(Well, with all Sil's ships, I can't sat she wont sleep with people. Although thank fully she hasn't been shipped with Loki.)
Oh, Star, how you make me laugh. :)
(Lokente?
*can't do ship names*)
(Star - I know what you mean.)
(Nuh. Not happening Tia. Sil will kill Tanya if you dare ship her with Loki.)
(But Loki-cuddles. :/
Oh, well.
Siltia doesn't seem to be a thing anymore, so you probably need a new ship.)
(Sil has too many ships...)
*goes looking for Tanya*
*is either drinking blood, or lying in blood after a fight*
*helpful*
*finds Tanya drinking blood*
*frowns and raises an eyebrow*
Having fun?
*swivels to look at Silente, a feral look in her eyes*
You! You kill! You like kill me!
*gets up, anger in her eyes*
@Sil: XD
@Tia: :P
*raises both brows*
In English?
*looks at the person that was being drained*
Well at least you had the decency to kill them first this time.
*walks towards Sil, her anger increasing, her stance becoming more aggressive*
You... you see me as competition. You try to kill me.
Star... Loki might be your ideal life partner - how can you be sure he isn't? :P
*puts her hands in her pockets, calm*
You're alive. Quit complaining.
You competition.
*snarls*
Should kill you.
@Tia: . . .
. . . .
. . . . .
. . . . . .
I am way too honest, and I really hate to say this, but I CAN'T actually be sure he isn't. :P
When Tanya ape become? Tanya speak english. Use sentances for talk.
*grins*
(Ah, Sil. XD)
(Sil - Ever the cocky idiot.)
*grabs Sil's shoulder's, a mad look in her eyes, and fangs ready to bite*
You will not tell me what to do!
(@Sil-the-author: *nods*)
((Sil, what are these "sentances" you speak of? XD))
*doesn't react, not even a flinch, and makes no attempts to move from her hands*
If you say so.
*growls*
Damn your superior self-restraint!
*lets go of Sil, and punches a nearby tree with all her strength*
*watches the tree crack and splinter around Tanya's hand, knowing that'll only hurt her, and then watches the tree fall*
You should probably clean your face. It has blood on it. Oh and Tanya, bury the body.
I'm fine how I am.
*licks her lips*
*pulls the body up and over her shoulder*
I'm going ho- somewhere. If you want some blood, you can have it.
I-
*turns around, looking Sil in the eyes*
I'm sorry. Us vampires gotta stick together, and I haven't been the best person to be around. Wanna tag along?
Sure. But let's just get this straight Tanya. Don't challenge me, I'd rather not have to light your funeral pyre. Okay?
(*Strolls through blogland with a smile on my face* Hello everyone)
(Hey Garr!)
Maybe I will fight you. I don't see anyone else who'd deserve the honour.
Deserve what honour? The honour of fighting me? The honour of me lighting their funeral pyre?
I don't see anyone else who deserves the honour of defeating me in combat.
Not that that's the most likely outcome, dear.
*begins walking*
*laughs, keeping pace*
Have you already forgotten that I had my dagger ready to kill you last time? Don't tempt me.
(I am back ^^ *tightly huggles Rhos* how art thou ?)
Yes, yes, that little toy of yours. I'm sure it means a lot to you.
How have you been, Silente?
You sort of... disappeared at the wedding a few days back. I was... never mind that. How are you?
(OMG I didn't see you there, Gar! Hey Gar and Chloe! (Or should I say Garky?))
(What ever you like Kas ^.^)
(*tightly huggles Chloe* I'm happy thank you,
how be you?)
(Hello Sil, how be you?)
*scowls at Tanya's words*
Mmm..
(*nuzzles* I am good ^.^)
(I be better than I was before.)
(Dragona is watching a horror film called The Ring. I am yet to be scared. And so is he, actually.)
(Watch teeth)
(*nuzzles* that's good how your feeling good Chloe)
(That's good Sil)
(Hello Tia, you can use either and how be you?)
You were never the quiet one, Sil.
But hey, if you're intimidated by... *waves at her body*
(Ahem! There is something called Vivilente...)
(Oh...
Shit.
I...*sits heavily*)
My fight senses are tingling. Somebody was talking about fights. Blake is in. It has been too long...
(Hello Vivanus.)
(Hello, Blake.)
(*hugs Soph tightly, very tightly*)
(Hello. So I decide to come on to see Sil and she's being shipped?)
(PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
I can't go on until I have said this
Ed has left the blog
He feels like it is broken and that he is being forgotten
I can't blame him
I told you guys this earlier. Twice. And no one said anything
I'm no shit stirrer but I ha to get that out
Being ignored is horrible)
*hugs Viv*
Vivvy!
(*hugs flick*
Bye Ed..I hope you come back some day...I'm sorry for ignoring your comment earlier.)
*hugs Sil somewhat stiffly with a slight frown on his face*
(Siltia?! Really?!)
(Hello, Viv!)
(Chloe, I do not know him that well at all. I would miss him, sure, but I did not have a chance to really get to know him, become friends with him.
Which is a shame because he seemed like a good guy. :/)
(*hugs Sil* I will tell him that you hope for his return
He thinks it'll take a lot to fix this place
But he will be back someday, I know he will)
(*hugs Silente tightly back*)
(I hope Ed comes back...I never got yo RP with him. :-( )
(Ed is a good guy, I will keep contact with him via twitter )
*to
(*holds onto soph tightly*)
*frowns and pulls back*
What's wrong..?
(Rhos, rp?)
*pulls her back*
Nothing, I just heard some rumors.
*slips her hands into his*
Rumors are stupid.
*moves to her tiptoes and kisses him passionately, grinning*
Not long now..
(*keeps hugging Silente tightly*)
The problem with the blog is authors are bringing in their real life problems. This isn't the place for it, we've all seen what it's done. Leave whatever issues you have on your side of the screen and simply enjoy the RP and random discussion.
(*hides her face in Sophs shoulder*)
(Oh.
You weren't joking when you said Sil is shipped with everyone.
Just kidding! Vivilente it is...)
*smiles*
I know, you're going to love what I have planned.
(@Blake That's not always an option, Blake.)
*raises an eyebrow*
That sounds worrying...
(Tia, unless Viv should die then Vivilente is going to be the final ship Sil is in.)
(Okay Chloe, after you)
(@Viv Dandy!)
Worry all you like, you look even prettier when you worry.
So, what's changed during my absence?
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