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Major creative block
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 =(
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I think it is interesting and probably right on, that you think your best writing was when your "characters" took over. I have found over a lifetime of reading, and a little writing, that the characters that build the story are much more engaging than the authors that created them. Think of all the really great stories that you have read... would you rather meet the characters in the story, or the author? I suffer from the same star struck notion that everyone does. What makes this author tick, but after looking into them, or meeting a few, I really like the characters much better. If you like the characters "writing" the story better than "you" writing the story, then chances are, others will too! How about writing about what happened to one of your "writing" characters, the day after they took over your story telling? This may put you back into their head and let them tell a little more of the story. Good luck... I love a great novel!
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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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It really depends on your feelings to your topic. Like for exampel i have a diary and the best thing i express is my feeling tword my crush. I love him so much I could write a 10 page essay on how much i love him. Im telling you it depends on your fellings tword your topic
Note: It helps if you write in comlete scilence like at night when your whole family is asleep.
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