do you get lost for words when you're writing an article or something?

This can happen to the best writer in the world.I suggest that you are never without your notebook, jotting down as many words and meanings as you can just as an artist who is proficient in drawing will always have a sketch book at hand,constantly making sketches and taking notes no matter how rough or simple they might be.!!!!!lol

i always forget words. the funny thing is that i can tell you the word in a different language without a problem but just can not remember it in my own language. i can also tell a 1000 words that are connected to it but can not remember the exact word that i want to use.

I get writer's block all the time. Try free writing (that means writing whatever comes to mind for 15 minutes without stopping).

Yes, i do get lost sometimes, i think the downloading of our minds is so slow. We are the same in this aspect, i have this little notepad,and i write about something when i do remember it.

okk u are a journalist or something,good to know ,i'm a housewife and i do mylot besides few articles on some websites ,thats it and i don't remember of being at loss of words,because i write very less .lol

Hello secretbear, It always happen to me. I don't write articles but whenever I want to write something, out of sudden the word just flip through my mind and it is really hard to remember what it is. I find it funny too, like you said; that particular word will just pop up from nowhere in an inappropriate time. Sometimes, while taking my shower, or washing the clothes or cooking and most of the time it comes when I want to close my eyes and sleep! Then, I need to jump out of the bed and get a paper to jot it down. I just let it be and never try to remember the word. It will come back later after I don't think of it anymore *smile*

It is quite true that I would forget certain words in time when they are badly needed. The more I try to search in my memory the worst it becomes. Very often the lost word will reappear in my mind after some other moment when I am involved some other activities. Normally I will note it down instantly. In case I couldn’t have pen and paper with me I would try to relate it with some other actual situation which could remind me of the word later on.

There are times that I also get lost for words, ideas that I want to write. Just like here in mylot, I seldom think of words that are more approriate to use on my posts. All I do is pause for a while, maybe keave the PC on for a moment. I will go search for things that might help me, like books or ideas on the net to help me provide more ideas. I always think of it like, looking to a bigger picture to help my mind concentrate more for that matter..

hi though i"ve never tried writing articles for newspapers i had always been into writing poetrys and short stories for kids.At times i get myself lost in the middle of nowhere. and what i usually do at this time is that i go for a walk or talk to frens on the phone and then i came back to wher i was and start all afresh again.I think this might help you too.

Oh yes. I experience that all the time! When I am writing my beauty articles, since English is not my first language, I really need to translate everything in my brain before I could put it down. And sometimes, the words come so close to my brain but they just won't appear! I usually sit there and flipping the dictionary hoping that the words would come in but no! It's like they are playing some jokes with me or something *laughs*. Anyway, they usually come back and I have to rush to take a pen and paper to write down before they vanish in my head again. Wish you good luck with the writing!

Yep, always too. Its not that I run out of ideas or anything. It's just that whatever I am writing doesn't turn out how I would like it to be. As in the argument isn't strong or the structure doesn't turn out really good, or the focus and plot just disappears halfway through. But then again, I was never really into writing as evident during my school years, I was more of a maths person!

Half the time I'm at a loss for words when I'm just trying to talk. I very much like to use the Merriam Webster dictionary (www.m-w.com) which also has an online thesaurus to help me find words. I also usually look it up on the internet and usually by typing similar things or descriptions of what you're looking for it will mysteriously materialize in your head again!

Oh gosh i know exactly what you mean. This happens to me all the time. I'm like trying to write a story and then I just get writer's block all of a sudden, so I just do what someone mentioned in the post earlier. I freewrite for at least half an hour. I had to write an article on wednesday and i wrote it in less than an hour. I checked it over to make sure it was good enough and i was proud of what I had done. Free writting really does help.