It’s common; it happens with most writers.

I always meet when I am writing a story. I don’t know what to write even though I have a plot and plan in my head.

I don’t know why, but I call it  “feeling block’’.

Feeling is an important thing and it plays a key role to produce a story - and the writers really need it. When the writers have no feeling, they cannot write.

No feeling can have a lot of meaning:

• not happy
• sick 
• tired 
• sad etc.

If it happens, what do the writers do?

In fact, all writers have their own ways to deal with this matter. For me, I use songs.

I think I should use real example to show you - as it is easier to understand.

 

I am writing ‘White Rainbow’. I’m usually stuck. When I am stuck, I listen to the song. Because ‘White Rainbow’ is about Chinese, I listen to Chinese songs.

Actually, I don’t know Chinese, but I listen to them - I have reasons, but I don’t want to describe them here.

In order to produce the story, I have to imagine the scenes, then I will write following the images including behavior, speech, expression of the characters and the situation around.

When I am stuck and cannot imagine any scene, I usually use these songs:

 

I use this one when I want to compose how Lantian romances Caihong.

 

It is used when I want to show the strongness, knowledge, braveness and competence of Lantian and the way she protects Caihong.

 

This song is good to use when I want to write about silent love (or miss) between the two girls especially when they are far from each other.

 

To write about the affection Caihong showing to Lantian, I listen to this song.

 

In the story, I plan to have a scene of dancing that Caihong creates by herself as a birthday’s gift to Lantian. The scene is needed to describe the way she dances, as she does not know how to dance, which no one can understand but only Lantian does. And to create this scenery, I have to use this song.

 

If you ask me how I find this way or why, I’ll reply honestly that I don’t know. I found it by chance, then I noted it and used it.

 

Advantages and disadvantages about using this method

It is really good and it helps me a lot especially when I want to write but I don’t have a feeling to write; it boosts my feelings.

Though it is good, it has disadvantages.

As the songs produce the images in my brain, some of them produce the same scenes whenever I listen to them. It does not change or give me new scenes, so I have to find other songs in order to get new story clips.

Another disadvantage is I have to listen to them if I want to make a new part. This point, sometimes, makes me stressed and unhappy. It makes me feel I need assistance and I don’t like it because I am not the kind of a person who likes to have help all the time.

 

That’s all I want to tell you in this text.

I hope it will be able to help when you are a writer and meet the matter that I have mentioned above.

Thanks for reading.

See you next time.