I've always benefited from putting my thoughts into words, and trying to make sense of them. It's hard when the sense they make ends up being that I really can't change things, no matter how badly I may want to. Still, I do think it helped a bit to get all this out. Thanks for slogging through the mess my head made :)
It's never really until I get blocked that I realise how much writing means to me and my relative sanity. My ~emotional issues~ are like a giant, complicated mess that I won't get into, but suffice it to say, I very much understand what you're talking about.
I don't have any advice except that blocks go away. Sometimes you can make them go away by just keeping on and trying to write through it, and sometimes giving yourself a break helps more. Reading a lot helps me too. Either way, it will go away with time.
Hugs. I hope things improve soon.
(Also, to end this comment on a high note: obligatory DA2 squee! I have so many feelings about Isabela it's crazy.)
*hugs* Thanks...I know it'll go away, I've been through it enough times before. It's just really frustrating until it does. (And yes, OMG, I'm pretty sure that writing is the only thing that has kept me out of the loony bin. Otherwise life would have driven me completely mad by now).
Also, Isabela. OMG. "Feelings" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm on my third marathon playthrough (and I started playing...a week and a half ago? Maybe?), and I STILL can't bring myself to romance anyone else (I like to be ~thorough, okay? I will eventually go through them all. Eventually)...well, I slept with Merrill during my first playthrough, but that's because I was all lost and heartbroken and missing Isabela :P
Actually, Isabela may be the one to finally break through this stupid block I've been having. I may have scribbled some note-type things regarding a billion and one fics I want to write about her and her hotness and woobie-ness and OMG I'm a little obsessed. But if it gets me writing it's a ~good thing, right?
I *knew* you'd like Isabela. IT IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO. She's almost as much of a woobie as Cara is. I honestly cannot fathom not romancing Isabela when I play as girl!Hawke. I love Merrill, but I just... no. I OTP Hawke/Isabela too hard. I'm playing a round as boy!Hawke right now just so that I can romance the dudes (in the name of thoroughness!). I still always bring Isabela on my team, because her dialogue bits are the absolute best.
Eeeee, Isabela fic! That is awesome. I know EXACTLY how you feel. I went through a phase when I'd just finished my first round of the game where I read all the Isabela fic that exists on the internet. All the feelings, etc.
IT IS BASICALLY IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO.MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. I actually tried, as a sort of thought experiment, to see her from a different perspective, 'cause I'm sure there are SOME people who don't like her (I don't even know if such people are human, but I figure they must exist somewhere)...but I could not do it. I cannot under any circumstance find her unlikable. Even if sometimes she frustrates me to no end, she does it in that super sexy dashing sort of way that makes you swoon even while you're glaring at her
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Hey, sorry, I wouldn't have nudged you for fic in the lots chat if I had read this first. I hope DA and Isabela help clear up the block. And congrats on the upcoming pregnancy - with all those hormones flowing, you might have too many feelings to deal with rather than too few for a change. Best, Stacey
Oh it's okay, don't worry about it. I don't mind being harassed for fic occasionally...lets me know people still want me to write :) And I have a lot of hope for my muse after the past couple days, so hopefully I'll produce something soon, even if it's not Seeker yet. Thanks for reading my rambly thoughts though :)
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I don't have any advice except that blocks go away. Sometimes you can make them go away by just keeping on and trying to write through it, and sometimes giving yourself a break helps more. Reading a lot helps me too. Either way, it will go away with time.
Hugs. I hope things improve soon.
(Also, to end this comment on a high note: obligatory DA2 squee! I have so many feelings about Isabela it's crazy.)
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Also, Isabela. OMG. "Feelings" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm on my third marathon playthrough (and I started playing...a week and a half ago? Maybe?), and I STILL can't bring myself to romance anyone else (I like to be ~thorough, okay? I will eventually go through them all. Eventually)...well, I slept with Merrill during my first playthrough, but that's because I was all lost and heartbroken and missing Isabela :P
Actually, Isabela may be the one to finally break through this stupid block I've been having. I may have scribbled some note-type things regarding a billion and one fics I want to write about her and her hotness and woobie-ness and OMG I'm a little obsessed. But if it gets me writing it's a ~good thing, right?
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Eeeee, Isabela fic! That is awesome. I know EXACTLY how you feel. I went through a phase when I'd just finished my first round of the game where I read all the Isabela fic that exists on the internet. All the feelings, etc.
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