The writing will come. Sometimes when you're life shifts into a different place other parts suffer, but they eventually get better. As for forcing it sometimes that helps and other times it's going to make your inspiration seize up more so I've no real opinion on that other than do what makes your head hurt least.
I'm finally writing again because of tamingthemuse. You could possibly check out that community. 500 words a week for the prompt and you're allowed to write fandom, original or even journal entries as long as they are inspired by the prompt.
Oh, that sounds lovely. I've been writing, I guess you could call them drabbles, in an original verse, with prompts taken from all kinds of places, but it's always more fun with feedback, so I might check that out. :)
I sometimes think of it as a redistribution of passion. There's an ebb and flow to it, and sometimes being busier and happier can soak up the motivation that led to the writing. But at the same time being busier and happier will replenish that pool of passion more quickly. So: it'll come. =)
I'm with avamclean and jedibuttercup. After I had the munchkin I was always so tired and busy. I wanted to write, it just seemed like everytime I finally found time, the cursor just mocked me. It's one of the reasons my writing has been so spotty over the last three years. I've tried participating in things, but got overwhelmed.
However, things have evened out a bit. I'm still tired and busy, but the munchkin can entertain herself for long stretches of time which gives me time back that I didn't have before and the muses have returned with a vengeance. I've been participating at tamingofthemuse as well and it's really helped. :D
*nods* Patience is definitely the key. And to not get frustrated when the writing doesn't happen, 'cause it will return. I will admit there were times when I thought my writing days were over, but I'm nearly back into full swing. :D
I second you on wanting 90's music back. If I'm at home, I tend to have my digital radio on rather than one of the music channels, and I found a 90's radio station!
As for the writing... Used to be the need to write had me typing frantically every day, trying make sense of the pictures in my head.
Until one day, it was gone. The pictures mostly stopped and either whatever I wrote utterly disgusted me to the point were I had to stop, or no words came at all.
It's a little better now but I still have to fight to write anything. My advice? Don't take the words for granted.
I don't, god knows I don't. And I still get the pictures, I just can't make anythingof them, which is half the reason I'm getting jittery about this. At some point, my head is going to explode.
I usually don't watch music channels either, but I'm at my parents' house at the moment, and they have something like 400 channels, so I risked it. Mistake.
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I'm finally writing again because of tamingthemuse. You could possibly check out that community. 500 words a week for the prompt and you're allowed to write fandom, original or even journal entries as long as they are inspired by the prompt.
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However, things have evened out a bit. I'm still tired and busy, but the munchkin can entertain herself for long stretches of time which gives me time back that I didn't have before and the muses have returned with a vengeance. I've been participating at tamingofthemuse as well and it's really helped. :D
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As for the writing... Used to be the need to write had me typing frantically every day, trying make sense of the pictures in my head.
Until one day, it was gone. The pictures mostly stopped and either whatever I wrote utterly disgusted me to the point were I had to stop, or no words came at all.
It's a little better now but I still have to fight to write anything. My advice? Don't take the words for granted.
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I usually don't watch music channels either, but I'm at my parents' house at the moment, and they have something like 400 channels, so I risked it. Mistake.
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