DalkrinTheWanderer Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 When writing, drawing, composing or what have you, many have issues with focusing on the task at hand (or hoof, as the case may be). I'm curious to know what your method of overcoming this potentially crippling affliction is.As for me, I found a very nice soothing song on Youtube, about a minute long and I looped it. Now, I can focus for hours at a time, a calming melody obliterating unwanted thought from my mind and allowing me to focus. I can use it to artificially induce my "Hyper Focus" mode, which comes from my ADHD.When I get into something, and I mean DEEP into something, I can slip into a state of mind I like to Call Hyper Focus. All other information is laid by the wayside and I go tunnel vision. Time passes without my knoiwing it and before long, I've written 10,000 words in a single chapter on my fanfic and I'm half asleep at my computer thinkg "the fudge was that"It's all quite fun.Oh and for interested parties, Here's a link to that song I mentioned. http://www.repeatmyvids.com/watch?v=cnHdbL6A6FY&feature=related&kmdom=youtube Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RarityDash Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Music helps. Don't really have a lot of tricks. Mostly kind of just have to be in the right mood to write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalkrinTheWanderer Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Well, as far as 'mood to write' goes, if you want to make a living off the end of your pen, then you have to forget about moods and write anyway!But yeah, a lot of people don't really have a trick. I didn't until I found that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arlGrey Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 When I want to focus on something, I usually have to deal with it.But if it's super important, I change into something really comfortable and make myself comfortable,turn the heat up/down and such. Changing the atmosphere of your workspace really helps, scientifically.I only play mood songs if they have no lyrics - I get distracted easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalkrinTheWanderer Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 I guess my situation is an oddity then.Wouldn't it be nice if everybody had something they could turn on that obliterated unnessicary thought? Things would get done a whole lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMirrsen Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I guess my situation is an oddity then.Wouldn't it be nice if everybody had something they could turn on that obliterated unnessicary thought? Things would get done a whole lot better.For me, it'd have to be a nice melody sounding through high-quality headphones, and several large automated machinegun turrets menacingly tracking anyone who dares approach. Seriously, the worst problem with my focus is people demanding my attention for some reason when I'm trying to focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalkrinTheWanderer Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I guess that counds as oblitterating unnessicary thought doesn't it... althought wouldn't a self setting pitfall be much easier to clean up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RarityDash Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Well, as far as 'mood to write' goes, if you want to make a living off the end of your pen, then you have to forget about moods and write anyway!But yeah, a lot of people don't really have a trick. I didn't until I found that song.It's a good thing it's only a hobby for me then. I literally cannot be forced to just write something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalkrinTheWanderer Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yeah, you're lucky it's just a hobby. writing for a living is tough stuff. Rewarding as all git out, but tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strife Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 As of late (within the last few months) I've found it entirely impossible to focus on anything. This has lead to me being incapable to write anything. It's really quite the frustrating predicament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalkrinTheWanderer Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 OMG! you should try my song! Link's in the first post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elementum Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I find that playing a song that is calm, or you like in the background quietly helps, then trying to pace your self to meet the beats thus calming you down. Strangely enough Winter wrap up seems to do that.Listening to your song, I could not make it work for me due to the small cut-off between replays, I have to have the song going continues. In VLC player I have it so as soon as it hit's the end it jumps back to the start. And as I don't focus on the words, the tune just echo's through my mind.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest EoLPinkie Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I'm terrible at focusing unless I'm in an environment without fun things to distract me! Whenever I did homework last year in college I would answer a problem, watch TV, answer a problem, go online, play a game, take a shower, answer a problem, sleep for 2 hours, then finish with the TV on Somehow I still get things done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalkrinTheWanderer Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 See, I never even considered you as one able to focus. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZephyrBurst Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I like to design games as a hobby activity. For focus, I don't really need to be in any specific mindset, but I'm almost always listening to music. I have a giant playlist that I have on shuffle most of the time.Though to help me focus, I have various tools around me, and things to help me, math wise, posted on my wall in front of me. A few conversion tables, a visual chart of degrees/radians, and some other various math related things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 For me, it is very hard to kept focus once I get distracted by something or someone. So step, I listen to music that motovates the project I'm working on and if that dosn't work, I try to remember the image of the end result, the feeling of finshing, submitting for everyone to see and being commented on it but if that all fails, I just do something else then come back to it later, if I don't forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychobillynight Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I like to write action scenes. So for that I listen to a lot of Fighting Game music and if need be I'll whip out Soul Cal and make the characters in the story and play out a fight to get inspiration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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