04-08-2016, 04:37 PM | #1 |
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How do you get revved up to write?
Ahhh, this ancient, cherished hobby.
How do you get yourself psyched up to write? Do the words go onto the page without much of a hassle of aroused passion or gradual inspiration? Do you need to "go there" or get into the frame of mind related to your subject matter? For example, writing from the perspective of a murderer, as a priest or a child, as a peaceful sage in the woods... what gets you in the mood? Directly. Is it a variation of the same thing? When I battle or write topicals, I have different states of mind. Especially pic battling. Just curious if there are some more different or unique customs out there, pre-writing rituals. If there is already a thread like this in the past, my bad. |
04-08-2016, 04:46 PM | #2 |
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I usually hate myself and write stuff that is completely contrary to my character...mainly self loathing helps me write.
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04-08-2016, 05:25 PM | #3 |
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04-08-2016, 05:52 PM | #4 |
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It just comes naturally to me, topical writing I mean.
These days I usually analyse what I determine are my opponents flaws, and write what I think I need to do to win. If their lines are too long, I place an emphasis on flow. If they can't tell a story, I'll do that well. If they're not much of a metaphorical writer, I'll sometimes go for that. If they're the type to go for a more high-brow approach, I'll maybe opt for something more conversational and relatable. It completely depends on who the opponent is. I write to win. All this "I write for me," bullshit is for the birds. You guys keep doing that, I'll keep champing these tourneys and leagues you only ever make up the quarter finals of. Truth be told I'm more likely to lose in round one of a tourney vs an unknown 32 seed because I don't know enough about them to write around them. It's completely down to me at that point and that's where I risk slipping up, though, let's face it... Ain't many 32 seeds writing to this level either to compete. Once we get to the business end of a tourney, the "known" heads make up the last eight or so and from there on, I'm not losing. Who else you know ran through the biggest topical tourneys on the site back to back without a loss in either? Lars the Gawd
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04-08-2016, 06:58 PM | #5 |
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I wrote about a page & a half on dos and donts & decided I dont want to do that...
usually a instrumental sets up my mood and I build off of that for about 30 minutes & go back & edit everything that fits the topic & build off of that... when I first started writing in AOWL I would normally have about an hour or 2 to finish a piece...now that i have more time I just enjoy myself & wait until last minute...oh the joy of the cypher
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04-08-2016, 07:17 PM | #6 |
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It used to just flow out, I used to write 16's in high school like nothing. Lately i've had a lot of problems getting motivated which is part of the reason I came back to NC, rapping on forums and text battling is how I got started so I wanted to see If it could kick start something back up.
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@Echo is the best topical writer on this site bar none
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04-08-2016, 07:51 PM | #14 |
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Hahahahahaha "three laugh face emojis"
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04-08-2016, 08:38 PM | #17 |
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04-08-2016, 11:53 PM | #18 |
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lmao u need a bigger bankroll and more ambition in life before you condescend me. Being loud and making videos with MMLP for topical mags doesn't make u a boss it makes you lame. Respect that you won a couple topical tourneys though must be nice to have that as the crown of your life achievements.
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I will sit on a topic for at least 12 hours and think of a different approach. Writing comes natural to me though. I can write a full length verse in under a hour. You know my style though vulgar, condensed lines with as much content per as I can fit. So this takes more time, I actually write two bars and condense them to one for maximum depth. I also would always write to a beat for potential recording possibilities, recently though I started writing to entire catalogs of beats instead of flowing to just one. But in the past month I found myself writing in silence,which is new to me, but I like it. The different beats I realized would dictate flow. So a single verse wouldn't flow well together, but individually fine.
Either way, writing is something I love, and Lars, I write for me. I'm not as evolved as you admittedly,but I see myself going down the route of tailoring each verse for a competitor soon. For now, I just enjoy writing and think I'm the best so don't want to change a thing. Even though I lose a lot, it's rare that I read my verse and my competitor and think to myself, "he would get my vote". The style I write with I would vote for every time pretty much. 1-0 vs Lars though. ;)
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insomnia usually helps too..
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