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It has been long enough since I wrote anything that I'm starting to wonder if this is the end for me. 10 years of publishing almost every month is a pretty high rate, so a slowdown isnt that bad, but this feels less like a slowdown and more like a complete stop.
ah well, I can still read and comment I guess ...
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Don't put pressure on yourself
to write just for the sake of writing.
Take time to look at the world. Observe the idiots out there and file them away. You can base characters on people you encounter. mix them up and who knows eh, you may have a main character for a story.
Don't feel that you have to write for this or any other site. The same goes for genre. When you do write, write for yourself.
I had a lot of fun writing 300 word stories for the Creative writing class I went to over the winter.
"Write 300 words for next week with a rollercoaster as a main theme" or a broken vase.
There is pressure to post here regularly. Ignore it. Do your own thing. If that means putting your feet up for the rest of the summer then so be it.
Samantha
you n me redux
It IS to easy to think in terms of time and volume. It IS disappointing when I can't write, especially having a parallel route to yours. BUT we also are traveling in a bit of a circuitous fashion with health and family issues challenging us on a nearly daily basis.
As self-serving as it might seem, whenever I've gotten stuck, not only do I read the great creativity by our friends here (including yours) but I read my own stories. I've jump-started a wonky trans sedan by revisiting my kids in print. It took me six months to write the one final chapter of my latest. By the time I was done, apart from the reward of finishing it, I realized I had not failed or let anyone down. You haven't let anyone down AND I bet you might find inspiration connecting with your own literary children
One of my own favorite characters is a trans-girl who leaves an abusive relationship and is ultimately wooed by a woman at the home of friends who took her in. All that from looking at a tall, boyish looking girl behind the counter at 7-11 who smiled at me Why did she inspire? Because I just liked her. I would bet the farm that you have many similar instances of inspiration. And you a;ready know that fleshing them out is a reward unto itself.
Samantha is spot on. Do your own thing. Love you!
Love, Andrea Lena
Oh, Dottie...
Whatever let me put the bits in my head onto the page is dead, gone and turned to dust. I have faith yours is just needing a wee rest.
You are amazing, hun! *sends Dottie all the hugs*
~And so it goes...
WWFYI
Write When You Feel It.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
"Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans"
-John Lennon.
The more and more you force yourself to TRY to do something, the more it will elude you. Take a break from trying. A story idea might sneak up on you when you least expect it. Alternately, if you WANT to try to write something, but the concepts elude you, you could ask people for story concepts. Or you could pick a "universe" and write a story in it.
Well....
If this is the end you have already created a strong and lasting body of work. As I’ve wandered around BCTS and other sites I’ve been saddened by how many voices have stilled. Yet I have rejoiced in the work they shared. I also enjoy your commentary and encouragement. Your support of others is more valuable than gold and more beautiful than rubies. Don’t despair-that emotion smothers creativity. Rather rejoice in knowing how much we value you and your gifts.
BAK 0.25tspgirl
It happens.
Even to the best of us. Like me. ;-)
I had written like couple of professional magazine articles and one drabble in the last 10 years. And in the 90-th I was an editor, reporter and writer for several magazines. But then something clicked in me, and I am gainfully employed as an engineer (mostly) and write mostly comments...
Up and down...
We all have our dry periods. I wrote little for about a decade, and I haven't written much since Christmas. It comes, then it passes.
For me, it's a combination of motivating myself and being distracted. That happens when you have autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit disorder, and clinical depression.