Kill Winter! (also known as a CHEERLEADING post!)

[scifishipper]

Hello writerly friends! Several of us, including me, have been feeling a little uninspired and down about writing and other life things. I would love for us to rally around and give each other support

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[lanalucy]

The season is affecting me, too, but more because the weather won't just settle down and be cold for a while or hot for a while. All this up and down makes my body do weird things, and it's distracting

[millari]

ETA: I forgot when I was writing this comment that you have a giftfic with a deadline of a week. I realize that my advice is blithely ignorant of that reality. The one thing I can offer by way of advice about that is, remind yourself of the following

[lanalucy]

It's good to be reminded of things we already know. For me, anyway.

I do tend to write in bursts sometimes. Usually, it's steady, then three or four times a month, I get bursts of several thousand words, and I feel all special. And probably high. lol

When I first got into writing, it was something of an escape hatch - my depression was extraordinarily bad, and writing was like the shiny new boyfriend, taking my mind off everything icky. I need to stop taking the shiny boyfriend for granted. :/

You're right. The stress is making everything worse. I planned my goals for times of no writing, and maybe I just have to accept that this is one of those times I planned for.

And the giftfic is something I wanted to write. It's not expected, I don't think. So maybe I just have to get over myself, make it to Friday, and see if the muse will play nice with me.

{hugs}

[millari]

Oh, the bsg fandom and writing was a total escape hatch for depression for me too when I first got into it. I keep having to remind myself not to judge myself by that standard, when I was putting *everything* aside - even important work things - to write. Of course I was productive: it was a shiny new fandom and I was doing nothing else but writing in it, with other excited fans around me constantly talking about a show that was on the air each week. It was the perfect storm for a lot of writing, so I shouldn't be surprised that I'm not nearly as productive at writing nowadays. But it's a nice, slow burn rather than a fevered intensity, and I guess that's okay too, if you know, i want to have a RL as well. ;)

[kdbleu]

This is usually how I feel in January for mostly weather (darkness) related reasons. Nothing works and everything is hard. Usually February is pretty decent and teh suck returns in March (this year with a vengeance). As a result both months tend also to be times where I reevaluate how I assess myself. This year a big one was trusting that if I can't write in the morning I will write after the kids go to bed. It has also been in the past when I try to find a new distraction which for me is usually knitting or a new show to marathon.

[lanalucy]

I think part of my problem this year is that October through December usually suck, then January is like the sun has come out and everything gets magically better as the spring continues. Only this year, January wasn't so great, and it's made the whole year kind of suck in its wake.

I am at my most productive, regardless of the writing task, between midnight and six AM. I am thankful that at least I don't have to commute to cubicle-land or get kids to school. I can't really remember how I functioned when I did have to leave the house every day.

Maybe I should rewatch BSG - that might be a distraction.

[ecstaticdance]

Aw, don't beat yourself up too much for missing your partner in crime. I think that very few writers can truly get by without those touch stones. Otherwise, we're just spending a ton of time with the voices in our heads, which are too often critical and unhelpful.

And if you need to bitch... I don't think I'm wrong in saying that's why this place is here. :)

[lanalucy]

Heee! The voices in my head keep yelling at me that they want to have teh sex, and why am I not cooperating, for frak's sake.

I am glad to have her as much as I do. I just selfishly wish it were more. :sigh:

[lanalucy]

Thank you

[lanalucy]

Thank you. Sometimes I need to hear someone else say it, you know? I guess we all do.

{hugs} :D

Speaking of dragons, did you ever find out where yours came from?