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20/f. I'm open to advice from anyone at this point, I'm kinda stuck.
A little background on me: I've always used writing as an outlet, whether it's to dream up my future husband, or play out a scene before it happens to see how it'll turn out (my writing's also had a habit of predicting events, if I use people I know as characters.) My other two major creative outlets are singing and drawing, all of which I'm equally good at...but all of which I'm equally stumped on.
I was reading some of my old writing, and I found it to be...overwhelming. One of my stories was written entirely out of my control (my characters took over), and it's just SO good. I can't figure out how to just let go like I did to write that story. Where my prose used to flow smoothly, it's now choppy and flat, and I can't stand it. I hate my own writing, and that bothers me to no end.
I intended to use this break from classes to get back in touch with my ability and remind myself why I love it so much, and I feel like I don't even know where to start.
Can anyone relate?
Does anyone have any useful advice?
Thanks...
-Siren =( (link)
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I can definitely relate, and hopefully my Writing is my outlet, as well, and recently I too found myself struck with writers block. The way I happened to quell it was purely accidental.
I was going through some stuff that tested my strength and toyed with my emotional and mental health, so of course I resorted to writing. I found that writing about something I felt really strongly about and just letting it flow ended up undoing the writers block. I guess what I'm saying is that perhaps if you can write about something you feel really strongly about it--WHEN you're feeling strongly about, that's the key--perhaps it will help? Anyways, good luck. Either way, these things happen to all good writers from time to time and I'm confident that it will blow over one way or another.
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Yeah, I thought about that. I guess I just don't feel anything? Lol I can't even freewrite. I'm frustrated with pretty much most of my life, but it's more of a depression feeling than frustration. I can't seem to use it to fuel anything, except a want to do nothing. >.
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