When most writers give advice the first and foremost is: Just Write.
Sit down and write. Write everyday whenever you can, because that will make you better. What discerns amateurs from the professionals is that amateurs say they wanna be a writer but never really sit down and write.
So that's the difference.
But it's monumental.
I have no idea why I'm still on the struggle with writing. I feel like it makes the whole "being a real writer" thing more of a day dream. You know?
I mean, I suffer from writer's block so much more than I used to. I don't even know why. I mean my life is like a goldmine of inspiration and emotional fuel. Nothing much happens, but at the same time so much does.
But instead of being a "real" artist and using pain and blah blah blah to fuel me, I'm sitting here trolling the internet seeing what I want to read. & I really don't know why.
Writing is something I've always done, and I've absolutely loved it my entire life. It gets so frustrating, but I'm so glad I discovered how much I loved it.
I mean I'm pretty sure there's something out there that goes along the lines of "If you're not doing what you love, then you don't love it enough." Or maybe that's just my crazy mind and I made that up. In which case, quote me on that.
But in all honesty, I don't know what's wrong. Maybe it's the whole I-overthink-everything-so-much-that-it's-not-even-funny thing.
Who knows?
I requested my brother, we'll reference him as Thing One, for help. Thing Two had helped me get out Chapter 28 way back A MONTH AGO (I hate that it's taking so long), so I thought why not.
His advice was that I should take a break and talk to people to get ideas. (He also wanted me to talk to our Dad, which is nuts, considering the amount of times I've argued with my dad about the institution of imagination).
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I have the ideas. In fact, I have every single chapter from this one to the end planned out. I even have a few small scenes written. Like the end of this chapter is completely written. (the last like few paragraphs)
& so he just stared at me with his eyebrows pulled together and his thin lips pulled down in a frown, "So then how do you have writer's block?"
....
Then, I read him the plan for the chapter, but he was absolutely no help. Like, he just kept giggling every time I said 'Ivonovich.' I then proceeded to kick him out of my room.
So here's to being an amateur.
I'm going to try and write and figure this biotch out, but I think it's just plain old I-don't-want-to
Which is how I felt about Chapter Twenty-Five of WT, and it wasn't going to be written until I was suddenly overcome with rage after reading something of mine (an old diary entry), then all of a sudden on Monday I just spun out 5k words or so.
So the plan was to write ID the next day (yesterday) but that clearly didn't happen.
My hopes are that I get it up AT LEAST by Friday, but I'm not going to sit her and be optimistic about it.
Meh. I suck. Meh.
pip pip cheerio
Sit down and write. Write everyday whenever you can, because that will make you better. What discerns amateurs from the professionals is that amateurs say they wanna be a writer but never really sit down and write.
So that's the difference.
But it's monumental.
I have no idea why I'm still on the struggle with writing. I feel like it makes the whole "being a real writer" thing more of a day dream. You know?
I mean, I suffer from writer's block so much more than I used to. I don't even know why. I mean my life is like a goldmine of inspiration and emotional fuel. Nothing much happens, but at the same time so much does.
But instead of being a "real" artist and using pain and blah blah blah to fuel me, I'm sitting here trolling the internet seeing what I want to read. & I really don't know why.
Writing is something I've always done, and I've absolutely loved it my entire life. It gets so frustrating, but I'm so glad I discovered how much I loved it.
I mean I'm pretty sure there's something out there that goes along the lines of "If you're not doing what you love, then you don't love it enough." Or maybe that's just my crazy mind and I made that up. In which case, quote me on that.
But in all honesty, I don't know what's wrong. Maybe it's the whole I-overthink-everything-so-much-that-it's-not-even-funny thing.
Who knows?
I requested my brother, we'll reference him as Thing One, for help. Thing Two had helped me get out Chapter 28 way back A MONTH AGO (I hate that it's taking so long), so I thought why not.
His advice was that I should take a break and talk to people to get ideas. (He also wanted me to talk to our Dad, which is nuts, considering the amount of times I've argued with my dad about the institution of imagination).
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I have the ideas. In fact, I have every single chapter from this one to the end planned out. I even have a few small scenes written. Like the end of this chapter is completely written. (the last like few paragraphs)
& so he just stared at me with his eyebrows pulled together and his thin lips pulled down in a frown, "So then how do you have writer's block?"
....
Then, I read him the plan for the chapter, but he was absolutely no help. Like, he just kept giggling every time I said 'Ivonovich.' I then proceeded to kick him out of my room.
So here's to being an amateur.
I'm going to try and write and figure this biotch out, but I think it's just plain old I-don't-want-to
Which is how I felt about Chapter Twenty-Five of WT, and it wasn't going to be written until I was suddenly overcome with rage after reading something of mine (an old diary entry), then all of a sudden on Monday I just spun out 5k words or so.
So the plan was to write ID the next day (yesterday) but that clearly didn't happen.
My hopes are that I get it up AT LEAST by Friday, but I'm not going to sit her and be optimistic about it.
Meh. I suck. Meh.
pip pip cheerio
I tend to skip from story to story depending on where I have ideas at. It helps but most of the time it's annoying because I don't finish ANYTHING. Then if I'm really stuck I'll go write in my one fanfic that just has my friends and I in it and I'm just writing for fun, because I know I don't really care what happens in there but at least I'm writing, at least I'm practicing, at least I'm getting better (or so I tell myself). Anyway I wish you good luck and I kinda agree with your brother. Go talk to real people. I went to a writers workshop (THERE WERE ACTUAL PUBLISHED AUTHORS THERE) and they said they got a lot of there ideas from being creepers and just watching random people and wondering about there lives.
ReplyDeleteYeah I know the feeling. Bahaha conversations with my family aren't interesting though. But I get that. I do that at the malls and stuff sometimes. I just kind of stare at people and think about what they're doing cause everyone has a story, you know?
DeleteI don't think having a lot of writers block is abnormal at all for real writers. The only difference is they find a way to push through them, where we haven't. I have alwasy believed, and still do, that when a story WANTS to be written, it'll be written.
ReplyDeleteRight now i think you're blocked for the same reason I'm blocked on Freelander despite knowing exactly what I want. You're tired. You want to move on to these other projects but know you shouldn't because you need this bitch done.
You'll get there. You just have to keep summening up the energy to get the little things out. A scene here, a scene there, eventually you can tie them all together.
I will get there I just like complaining
DeleteI know. We're clones after all :D Half the time I whine about sucking it's just to make me feel better while I think I suck LOL
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