Writers Block?
I just read this article about writers block, it said the first step to cure writers block is reading about writers block (I guess I did that). The second step is trying to write about writers block, that's what I'm doing now so I suppose I'm on the right track.
I can't seem to write, I want to write, I try to write but nothing comes out, Writers Block, what an annoying symptom, it's like being brain dead. I seriously feel handicap, it's annoying to feel so disabled, so helpless, I'm criticizing my writing as I write but yet I force myself to keep writing. I don't know if writers block is the right term for this sort of thing, I think they should call it imagination/creativity/self expression block or simply a brain fart, yes it effects writing but it can also effect any other artistic quality I have at the moment.
I don't get it, some days I can simply wake up, have a great idea in my head and just write and write... But then I start getting somewhere, what I wrote starts to form a picture, a plot, a story and then I break, I try to keep writing but all that comes out is crap. I have about six unfinished stories I've started and just gave up on, it's not that I don't want to continue them, it's just that every time I try, I find myself staring at the screen until I just give up.
Basically Writers block sucks!
It's strange too because I think after reading a bit about the problem and now writing about it, I feel strangely better. I think my problem was that I was imagining the wrong audience, they said to try and change the audience you picture yourself writing to so I did and suddenly the writing is flowing more easily. Funny, I was picturing a few critics reading whatever I write with a magnifying glass and to add to that, I was comparing my writing to others peoples writing and expectations; I thing that was a big no no. I think that now that I'm just writing to the average anonymous browser who happens to come along my writing, it's easier to write.
Thank you for listening, I think I may be cured!
I can't seem to write, I want to write, I try to write but nothing comes out, Writers Block, what an annoying symptom, it's like being brain dead. I seriously feel handicap, it's annoying to feel so disabled, so helpless, I'm criticizing my writing as I write but yet I force myself to keep writing. I don't know if writers block is the right term for this sort of thing, I think they should call it imagination/creativity/self expression block or simply a brain fart, yes it effects writing but it can also effect any other artistic quality I have at the moment.
I don't get it, some days I can simply wake up, have a great idea in my head and just write and write... But then I start getting somewhere, what I wrote starts to form a picture, a plot, a story and then I break, I try to keep writing but all that comes out is crap. I have about six unfinished stories I've started and just gave up on, it's not that I don't want to continue them, it's just that every time I try, I find myself staring at the screen until I just give up.
Basically Writers block sucks!
It's strange too because I think after reading a bit about the problem and now writing about it, I feel strangely better. I think my problem was that I was imagining the wrong audience, they said to try and change the audience you picture yourself writing to so I did and suddenly the writing is flowing more easily. Funny, I was picturing a few critics reading whatever I write with a magnifying glass and to add to that, I was comparing my writing to others peoples writing and expectations; I thing that was a big no no. I think that now that I'm just writing to the average anonymous browser who happens to come along my writing, it's easier to write.
Thank you for listening, I think I may be cured!
posted by Y.Y. at 9:27 AM
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