Writer's Block? Ideas are like Clouds
By josefina
@josie_ (10033)
Philippines
June 7, 2017 10:52pm CST
Do you cloud-watch?
Among the fond memories I have of my youth were the times I had with my mom guessing what the shape of clouds look like. When my grandchildren were younger, we also had a lot of fun watching clouds.
"Look, look grandma!" my grandson would excitingly point up to the sky, "It's a white kitten wagging it's tail"
"No, it's a Capuchin monkey pulling on Donald Trump's hair" I imagine I would have respond.
In one discussion I read, the author ask the question, "Should I post this discussion or wait for a better idea?"
Either he was baiting for comments or wasn't satisfied with what he wrote and thought he could do better.
Where do you get ideas for your discussions?
There's nothing wrong with "fluff" post about the "stuff" we do regularly.
But we can make it more interesting and enjoyable for the reader by seeing the extra-ordinariness in the ordinary.
Be like children watching clouds.
Photo Image: Wikipedia
Here is a beautiful song by Joni Mitchell about looking at clouds and life
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
i like the clouds in their unusual formations; i even made posts in bubblews about the angels and demons cloud-formation.
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@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
@ridingbet _That is an interesting post but I might have missed it when we were in bubblews. I still have copies of articles I wrote in bubblews but have never re-post any here in mylot.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
@josie_ good for you, but for me, i just copied the links and not the posts, so when the CPU was no longer functioning, my links are also gone now.
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@magallon (19279)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
I agree with you... ideas are like clouds.
Sometimes , it is like scattered feathers in the sky.
Somewhat difficult to put them together and have one thought.
There are times that it is full and fluffy.
Where you can talk many things about one thing.
Or it could be dark and almost black.
Where you cannot figure out what you are going to say.
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@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
@magallon _Enjoyed your insight. I particularly like " it is like scattered feathers in the sky.
Somewhat difficult to put them together and have one thought." Those cloud feathers probably came from a cloud chicken scratching a parcel of cloud land for some kernels of korn(i) ideas.
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@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
@salonga _That's a good practice. I also keep a lot of story ideas in my computer. I often would look at it and maybe jot a few lines to flesh out the story even if I cannot complete the article. I might come back to it in the future to follow up and complete it or use part of it in another article.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
It happens to me all the time to the point that I just shrugged it. It's normal thing.
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@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
9 Jun 17
@Letranknight2015 _I also have off-days. I just do other activities and try not to think too much.
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
8 Jun 17
i'm a tad jaded these days'n 'd imagine baitin' folks fer more comments. i still enjoy cloud watchin', though've learnt not to do such with the hubs 'round 's he's most combative 'bout his thoughts'n the shapes, lol.
i fear i lack 'magination these days. well, not really, jest don't share such with the world.
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@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
@crazyhorseladycx _Thankful though for his post. I was writing "Ideas are like clouds.." in the comment box then it hit me. You know I have a penchant for writing long comments, so why not instead post my comment as a discussion?
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
8 Jun 17
Some days I feel like I have nothing to say but then once I sit here I always talk about something
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@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
@Marilynda1225 _Reading and commenting on other member's discussions is a good way to get ideas for your own posts.
@thelme55 (79311)
• Germany
8 Jun 17
I love watching the clouds especially when I am inside the plane and the clouds are under the plane. I thought my small nieces in Pinas how to play a game with clouds when they felt bored at home. It was fun creating different types of animals from a cloud.
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@josie_ (10033)
• Philippines
8 Jun 17
@JamesHxstatic _Peeping behind every cloud is an idea.
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@BettyB (4117)
• Summerville, South Carolina
8 Jun 17
Some of my posts are mundane. It's when I'm writing fiction that the clouds start growing and exploding.
