I am facing the loss of my days as a writer.
This isnt about my muse, i still get ideas, but my ability to communicate them seems to be gone.
I tried to write a little story for the Christmas contest, and despite having what I thought was a decent idea, what I produced looked more like a series of bullet points on Twitter.
It probably doesnt help that I'm grieving and fighting depression, but I am seriously worried this is the end.
To anybody who has actually read anything I've written and hoped for more, I'm sorry.
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Don't give up
because your muse has gone walkabout.
Do something else entirely for a bit and don't try too hard.
There were plenty of times during my working career that I just could not find the right solution to a problem. One particular nasty problem nagged at me for weeks. Then it came to me!
I'm sure that your muse will return.
Samantha
I predict...
...this is temporary. My crystal ball won't tell me how temporary (cheap piece of crap!); but the signs are that whether it's in a month, six mos. or a year; your brain and your muse will get together and find a way to make the writing work for you again. I know it will suck until then, but your frustration about having the ideas and not being able to form a decent story with them (writers gotta write) is part of the reason I'm confident enough about this to go on record with this prediction.
~hugs, Strega Veronica
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
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10 Lies Depression Tells You
For some reason, your post made me go back and reread this page by Anne Thériault, which I bookmarked a long time ago. Maybe I'm weird, but it kind of comforts me:
10 Lies Depression Tells You
I don't know if this will make you feel better or worse, though....
Writer's Diary
Have you tried a writer's diary? Many successful writers carry a small notebook with them. When they see or hear something interesting, they make a note in their "diary." It could be an amusing turn of phrase you hear in line at the market. It might be the distinct color of a particular car that tells you more then you need to know about the driver.
I've had entire stories demand to be told from single entries in my "diary."
You're much too good at what you do to simply tap out.
On the other hand, you know your life better than anyone. If this is the end of your writing, thank you for what you did.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
grief and depression
Can throw you for a loop. I hope you concentrate on overcoming that. If your muse ever comes back we will still be here to read and appreciate anything you may post.
Hugs forever,
Wendy
Writing while grieving
Maybe you are currently trying to write about something that does not actually interest you?
I think I wrote my best stories through a torrent of tears and emotion. One was "MS Frankenstein" and the other was "Desert Princess", and contained a lot of emotion. It was during the time I had just come out, and lost my family, job, church and friends; you know the drill. Perhaps if you are trying to write something bubbly and cheerful when you are um NOT, it just doesn't work?