Update on the creative spark

[vaneramos]

I've started writing fiction again. It feels exciting, hopeful, and powerful. I guess there's nothing else I want to do more in this life than write stories. Elsewhere previously, I've described the change in conditions that seem to have made this possible, so I won't go into them here

Comments

[ghostsandrobots]

I love this. Thank you for writing about it, because I feel like I'm a little behind you in a similar process and this gives me hope.

[vaneramos]

All I can say is, "Keep writing!" As I think I've already told you, a shift in anti-depressant medication was a key ingredient in lifting the "writer's block" I'd experienced as a side-effect of one drug since 2005. I hope you don't have that kind of mysterious obstacle to overcome. I'm grateful I never gave up, even when writing wasn't fun. So don't stop.

[ghostsandrobots]

I give up too easily when it comes to this. But I keep coming back. For right now, it's nearly all morning pages. Just to get into a practice. It's having some interesting results, but nothing dramatic. I like the idea of giving yourself time to find out what you really want to be doing and what moves you.