Chuck Palahniuk explains "writer's constipation."

[KINGJADEX]

So he basically only writes while he shits! Or does he write on the toilet while he's not shitting...!? I'm confused...

[MrClint39]

He's awesome!

[DragonKingSaix]

who in the hell gave a thumbs down! this guy is an amazing writer.

[Subatomic1000]

Ideas come back. So does a good shit.

[WoodSugars]

Well said there, about being terrified of losing an idea and running to write it down, very much happened to me today. Had to write so bad it was like the runs came over me

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia I salute you and your mission Suglia, go save the world. I wish you the best of luck. Farewell, conquer and slay these authors, by decapitation the curse will be lifted and all us hipster pop cultured people shall be free, goodbye forever, you dumb ass, salutations.

[Slide2671]

@MrLetsKillSullivanTV Wow.

That was some epic flame wars. Can't believe you fell for the troll! Ah well, it's alright, you told the truth, and it was righteous.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia okay :D

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

this is cyberstalking. You are in love with Chuck Palaniuk, probably envy

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

me, Chuck Palahniuk is responsible for you. You and your obsession for him, research, everything. You're almost more fascinated with his fans than him. This isn't observing or a middle school lab experiment wg

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia Sorry, I never denied being gay, and I never inferred it, honestly I have no penis just two vaginas, and Im still in high school, and to say I'm illiterate is self proclaiming and we both really know the Dad thing was just a jump off the roof thing, you took it too far. Chuck Palahniuk isn't responsible for

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia Look, man, have fun with that one stupid book you wrote like 3 years ago, I'm sure you read it everyday before you go to sleep. You're really boring and although you'll never find some as clever, interesting, and cute as me, you're really boring. I really do hope your Dad is dead or dying, it would make me feel happy inside. Please stop beating off to thoghts of me, its makes me feel uncomfortable.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia nah bro, I was the born like Anakin Skywalker, only one Mom, no biological father. Sorry, the doctors said I was a miracle of life, which is more than your boyfriend or anyone critic has said about you last night.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia hahaha thats funny, did you just come up with that all by yourself? oh yea I did, like 3 days ago whore. Exactly how many hours a day do you think of me? How long am I inside of you and your greatest sex organ: the human brain. Jokes on you, I have two moms.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

a real job you hippie.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia did the great Dr. Joseph Suglia lose his cool or was the TRANSLATION: "I know what you are, but what am I?" technique getting old? I didnt tag you in my last post you must've looked on this page for my reply, nerd! Get

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@juglia I highly doubt I do that, honeslty I think the only reason you talked to me is cause you really really like me.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia Hail Hitler. The your not special "theory" doesnt come from fight club. I'm just boldly stating you're fat, I'm sorry. I broke the Math kids face, his words scared me, left him dead in a dumpster. I put cats in microwaves. We should have a playdate together & be best friends.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia you are a whore. go shove something up your ass while you wear a bag over your head because your Dad didn't touch you enough as a kid.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia Yea, okay, you just admitted you in fact do have a sexual attraction for your father, and what's worse, you're that fucking loser in everyone's Math class who always pretended using big words, which in fact aren't big at all, can win an argument. You smell like spell check, put the "dick" in diction and honestly, you're pathetic.

[MrLetsKillSullivanTV]

@jsuglia Get a clue and realize behind 26 characters of alphabet you learned in grade school, you're nothing but an animal, as the other 7 billion clothes wearing, bowl peeing, wipe shit with a piece of paper animals are. You're philosophy is cheap. Learn how to throw a brick for once instead of being such a stupid bitch. Don't give in to a failing high school student, I could ride the short bus with a helmet and still your wit would be a joke. You're no poet. You're trash.

[dscripted]

Wow! That's awesome. I never thought of it that way but he's so right.

[JackOfClubs216]

@jsuglia Aww, a narcissist is butthurt that he doesn't understand a author's message so he trashes it because of his own insecurities and inability to produce anything meaningful. I feel sorry for you. I really do. I hope someday you get over your ego and lose your virginity.

[Iamthedoorwaymusic]

@jsuglia i love how you've been trolling, saying that palahniuk simplifies ideas from more sophisticated authors, and you just stole the typist - writer thing from Truman Capote. if you even knew that that's where it came from.

[Malus9804]

I had suspicions of this method, but there's nothing quite like the fortification of Chucky P

[Rodrigoemiliozapata]

some people are lucky they just have diarrhea

[blasvida68]

Yep! observe and report

[andrewtheman19]

I love the fact that he's comparing his writing to shit.

[kasey172]

I understand 100%, everything these writers/filmmakers say... Guess that makes me one, too.

[frenchkids]

I love advice like this because it goes against what most 'teachers' or writers would tell you.

[rulyruly7]

Dear krobinson95, Thanks for the great advice, it really helped me. A LLLOOOOTTT! ;) By the way, nobody realy gives a shit what you think.

P.S. I hope someone you love dies very soon.

[jiayunlim]

But what about writing assignments. We're forced to write :(

[CornTrollio]

Drop out or stop trying

[SRSattern]

@jiayunlim Nobody forced you to go to school.

[viswas777]

funny guy!

[judgedsalmon]

He's so clever how he simplifies difficult questions, making the answers become obvious and clear

[GRABBAGWOOT]

Best analogy ever.

[youtube11111]

True. Writing's all about expressing. If you don't got nothing to express, don't write...or... JUST WRITE

[mattymattbev]

An exceptional writer? I read Lullaby and thought: "where is the whole story?" Then I read Survivor and thought: "where is the whole story and why is this pretty much the same thing as Lullaby, only the scenery's different?"

[wattapassa]

survivor wasnt really about the story.

its about the scenery, thats why the films made around the book "fight club" are so different, as they can portay these images, and you dont have to.

its all about you reading it, thinking about it, imagining.

[perksy10001]

it's really a stupid question, because it's whatever works for you, find your own way of unblocking. what works for chuck may not work for you.

[crazycrootz]

seen... but his explainion is sik

[edihedihedih]

he's not explaining it as a way of unblocking. He's saying you should be out taking in ideas until something you want to write comes on its own.

[fuhrerschein2008]

He truly is an exceptional writer.

Any other writer tells you not to wait for inspiration but to sit down and write a certain time every day - and his advice is just the very contrary.

[vOoNneE]

There are authors who say that? D: You can't force yourself to write because what you end up with when you're not inspired is almost always awful and you're not satisfied with the result.

And I'm a horrible 8 months late in replying to this. But yeah.

[fuhrerschein2008]

I guess the idea is that in order to get something finished the act of writing must become a daily routine, and that inspiration often comes while you are writing.

As I am very interested in this, I have read a lot about writers' writing habits, and like I said Chuck is the first one to say you ought to wait for inspiration and not go for it yourself.

[squireftw]

Hahahahah that was great I love the way he describes it