I haven’t written for a couple of days due to the increasing need to take a break and do something fun. It has been incredibly difficult for me to ‘do something fun’ because what I do for fun is write. I understand why I needed to take a break. My writing has taken over my life and I need to find a better way to balance it.
Now after taking this long break – much of which filled with Netflix and gaming – I am trying to get back into the writing mood. Before I forced myself to take a step back I had no issues with my writing flow but now it feels like something’s clogged. Sadly there is no plumber specialized in unclogging one’s mind-castle that I know of, so I must do the next best thing.
Force the writing out of me.
That isn’t as bad as it sounds. I just need to write other things – like this post – to get my faucet flowing again. This may take me one post… this might take me several posts… but I will get my writing back gosh darn it!
April 19, 2016 at 4:04 am
I am envious of your patience and persistent about getting back to writing. I am suffering a bout of writers block at the moment too and it is killing me as I have so many things in my head I want to write and just can’t write it. Well done in getting the ball rolling again though.
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April 19, 2016 at 10:26 am
It is hard to get out of a writing funk but if you have the ideas that’s half the battle. You’ll figure something out. 🙂
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April 19, 2016 at 9:23 am
Yes, always good to ‘take a break’….Take Care! Hugs!
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April 19, 2016 at 5:25 pm
I think it’s all part of the process. Rotate… (I think I’ve already said this elsewhere on your blog) 🙂
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April 19, 2016 at 6:09 pm
I think so… maybe under the 10 ways I beat writers block…
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April 20, 2016 at 3:16 am
Have any of you tried the method of 20 minutes of free-writing in which you just write whatever comes into your head and force yourself to stick with it for 20 minutes? It sounds like a pain, but it works. Good luck all. There’s nothing worse for a writer than not being able to get the words out.
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April 20, 2016 at 4:09 am
I’ve done that. Some of my blog posts are usually creations of that method… Or my short stories. The issues sometimes arise when you don’t allow yourself to think freely and without judgement. But this is a fun exercise to try. 🙂
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