Project Procrastination

[dametheadee]

I have been honored with an important scribal commission - to do the elevation scroll for a neighboring group that is about to become a Province.  I have a little over a month until the date of the event, and I have known about this for several months already.

I am having a huge block and I am running out of actual working days.  What the **BLEEEEEEP** is the real deal?  

Friends, how do you deal with creative blocks?  
and do any of you scribal artists or wordsmiths have suggestions about a text?  I have some ideas, but can't get them to work right. 

The good news is due to an unexpected housing inspection, I have been cleaning house tonight, which makes for a more conducive work/creative atmosphere.

Comments

[theiadora.livejournal.com]

How about tweaking a branch to Barony elevation text wording.. Found one online for Meridies...

It is by decree of Our Most Noble Crown, (Sovereign’s name) and (Consort’s name), King and Queen of these most sovereign lands of Meridies, that a new barony be formed. The people of (name of group) shall be ruled in the Crown’s name with truth, honor, and justice and the laws of Meridies be held in the highest esteem. Our Liege has appointed (name of founding Baron/ess) as Founding Baron and Baroness of the Barony of (name of group), their word shall be that of Our Sovereign’s and Consort’s and shall preside over their people with honor and justice and to always hold the laws of Meridies in the highest esteem. Done this (number) day of (month) Anno Societatis (Society year), being (year) Gregorian.
-To be signed by Sovereign and Consort, with space for their seals.

Thanks!!

[damethea.livejournal.com]

That is a good start. I also have some cool period document wordings, and maybe if I combine these elements somehow...

[ladycaviar.livejournal.com]

I'd ask Tryggvi for wording. As for creative blocks, get out of the house and go do something different to "fill the well."

Amusement park, zoo, movie, library, rental horses, laser tag, coffee with yourself, bead shopping, fooling around at Home Depot in the paint and tile departments, kid's toy stores -- especially legos; whatever floats your boat as long as it's:
1. fun
2. has nothing whatsoever to do with the project you're working on
3. gets your forebrain to stop thinking about whatever you're obsessing about and lets your backbrain do the obsessing instead

Then go back to it.

love you baby
Ro

[damethea.livejournal.com]

Sadly, Tryggvi went through some shiznit and doesn't do SCA anymore. It has been quite a loss to the group. mmmm.... bead shopping.....

Thanks for these suggestions. They are good ones.

[dragonfly-sidhe.livejournal.com]

When it comes to scribal inspiration, I tend to pore through my library one page at a time until something jumps off the page saying "look at me! I'm the most difficult thing you've ever seen," which I translate into "I must try this."

I'm a huge fan of verbiose scrolls, and have some tools that help me accomplish this, including a list of "openers" for every letter of the alphabet (in order to match up a specific cadel or versal). Let me know if you need any help or a copy of my cheat sheets.

[damethea.livejournal.com]

I would love copies anyway. Actually, if you are still subscribed to the Artemisian Scribes list, maybe you could put them in the files section there so others could benefit as well?

[public-shaylan.livejournal.com]

Creative block remover...
Binge cleaning.
Followed by cooking.
Followed by more cleaning.
Followed by a good nap to sleep on the brain percolating...

Usually works for me.

*huge hugs*

[damethea.livejournal.com]

Also getting rid of a particularly stressful deadline at work should help. I am almost done cleaning and my house is much nicer now.

[scribe-ari.livejournal.com]

Artist block.. I totally hear you and hate it when it happens to me.
Might I suggest a legal doc? If you have the verbose text to do it I would totally go that direction. The only drawback is needing a Royal seal and pendant wax on hand to do the pendant seal.
Another option is any of the royal rolls.
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/conisbrough/browse/roll_1536_1.html

[damethea.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the linky goodness - that is one I haven't seen before. Something to do for a mental break from the stressful work project.

[public-shaylan.livejournal.com]

Thank you Ari- I was just tracking back to this to put that here...
*hugs2both*