Since I've recently come across some personal issues in my life I find it hard to get back to my old routine when it comes to writing, was sitting and thinking "Wonder how other people do in their creative moments" . Since i'm not earning a living on my writing (yet) I have to take the moments where I can but finding it hard to actually finding my "new" routine to make it work. My question is, How do you fit your passion of writing into your daily lives? And how can a creative day look like to you?
Screenwriting : What's your creative routine? by Hussni Mörsare
What's your creative routine?
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My creative day Hussni, could be having a pint and thinking all day. I try not to overkill my writing because I did it for years and found myself in more of a conflict with myself by not finishing a project. So I took aback and started working on one project at a time. now since I was, and still am writing for myself I take it day by day. that's my routine. it is different for each writer. if you are in a hurt mindset, either you inflict your pain onto writing or wait it out. but waiting it out might take years. hope this helps.
Hey Sammer! Million thanks for the tip. I'm that person that hammers away on the keyboard until hitting that magical wall and is having a hard time finding back to that inspiration I started off with. Been sitting for days now trying to clean up a finished script, adding/deleting scenes and the more i'm doing it the more I find myself going over the first ten pages over and over, "Does it make sense, is it good enough start" and so on. And with this I almost never get any further, and since my diagnose of ADHD is poking me in the eye from time to time, it makes it even harder to get everything organized. The thing with me when sitting going thru my script is I wanna "See it" the whole thing in front of me, the big picture if you understand, and when going thru page for page I often wonder if the earlier scenes make sense with my current one and so forth. Anyway, could write a book about this but ones again, thanks! Got that off my chest :)
As important as knowing where to begin a screenplay - is knowing when to end it. The moment when it is finished - and the time has come to move onto a new project. I presume gents you are writing spec screenplays - so now start hammering out accompanying logs and concise outlines and contemplate popping your story into a handful of selected festivals. This debatable method of seeing if it floats or sinks - but unfortunately - these days - it is one of the few options open to new writers. If you know in your bones that the screenplay has problems - then put it aside and come back to it when you have finished your next screenplay. You will be gobsmacked to discover how time - has an astonishing ability to reveal horrible flaws that only months before your mind skated over. What ever path you choose - the fates will decide your future. I wish you much luck.
you don't have to be writing every single day but when you feel like adding some stuff to your script sit down and do it, even if it's one scene at a time. I personally don't sit in front of my computer for hours hoping my brain finds the right stuff to put on there. Remember, there is no rush. It's your story, nobody can write it but you.
Thanks Andrew and Fritz-Alan! Im hoping for a new gush of inspiration soon, until then the script will be resting a bit :)