I have to have music playing from my Itunes while I'm writing. And it can't just be coming through the computer speakers, it has to be coming from my earbuds alone. I mostly type on word processor but if I'm finding my brain blocked I'll sit there with a pen and notepad. Like someone else said, the pen can't be blue. It has to be black... it has to be a ballpoint or gel pen though or I get distracted. If the paper and pen don't work, I have to put in a movie or turn on a tv show that would put my brain in that particular mood. Occasionally I'll pick up one of the books on my shelves and start reading. Then once an idea won't let me continue reading, I write it down. I also play spider solitare... I'm not good at it..
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Date: 2008-12-05 04:18 pm (UTC)I mostly type on word processor but if I'm finding my brain blocked I'll sit there with a pen and notepad. Like someone else said, the pen can't be blue. It has to be black... it has to be a ballpoint or gel pen though or I get distracted.
If the paper and pen don't work, I have to put in a movie or turn on a tv show that would put my brain in that particular mood. Occasionally I'll pick up one of the books on my shelves and start reading. Then once an idea won't let me continue reading, I write it down.
I also play spider solitare... I'm not good at it..
I didn't mean for the list to be that long...