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what do you guys do to get yourselves into a 'writing mode' ,for example do you listen to music,stare into your ceiling , do jumping jacks?
i usually sit down and write a couple poems about items around my desk or werever it is i am writing at,that almost always gets me into the right frame of mind to write

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kintaris

writing mode tends to creep up on me - usually when i'm standing bored in the bookshop that i work at, waiting for someone to buy something. And, of course, I don't have a pen...

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Nickie

The best inspiration comes when I don't have to worry about a thing, and enjoy the sun on my terrace or the beach. Summer is always the best season for my writing!


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Mike C

When I want to get into writing mode, I sit down and write.

writing has to become second nature - just the thing you do, not some magical process where all conditions have to be perfect in order for you to 'create'.

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kintaris

have to agree with Mike C - trying to find a perfect setting pretty much translates to 'procrastinating'. You can write anywhere, anytime, if you allow yourself to.

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speculative

Music! If I ever get published my blurb at the front will be: "I wrote this while listening to Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Tori Amos, Eels, Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, Garbage, and R.E.M."

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mammamaia

like some others here, i'm never not in a writing mood... i'll either just sit down and start to write, or jot what comes to me while doing something else, on whatever's handy, to write up later...

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Mike C

I have no choice but to be in a writing mood, pretty much 15 hours a day. If it's not fiction (which it's usually not) it's a business plan, website copy, proposals, pitches, letters, quotes... it's just findong the time to do them all in a preferred order.

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ryn

To get into writing mode, I typically read for about 20-30 minutes, poke around here for 6-7 minutes, then get to it. I learned that waiting for the stars to align just right before starting anything is a surefire formula to getting nothing done.

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Verago

I start having fantasies about how great it would be to be published...then I write.

jta_8888

I'm pretty much always in Writing Mode (whether I'm just thinking of ideas, or actually creationg dialogue and settings to write [sometimes word-for-word as my thoughts!] down later).

I don't have any real rituals, persay, although I'm quite fond of listening to Enya whilst writing.

lisajane

Writing Mode whacks me over the head.

But quite often I'm just thinking about characters and plots and etc. I count Writing Mode as physically sitting down and writing.

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JulieJordanScott

I use my daily writing practice as a way to keep my "writing muscles flexed" and then just get to the task of writing, writing, writing.

I also feel most satisfied when I have several projects going at once - I know there are many who would think this is blasphemous, but it is what works for me.

If I absolutely can not get the pencil moving or my fingers flashing across the keyboard, movement (like a fast walk) or going to a different location tends to be quite helpful.

As I hope this is helpful to YOU!

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Dan101

Listening to fast paced music will get me into "writing mode". That, or getting ready to go to bed...thats usually when it hits me over the head with a cast iron skillet....>_<

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ultraviolet

Thinking gets me into writing mode.

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