Reply With QuoteSounds like you're afraid of failure.
Just relax and start focusing obsessively on improvement. Maybe your insecurities will then be forgotten.
Okay, firsts things first: I'm a novice writer. I hope to one day excel at my craft, but as of the now, I'm just a new gal to the industry.
And I have weird symptom. I don't want to write anymore. It's not writer's block, I know exactly where I want each of my stories to go. I haven't lost my passion for writing, I think, I still want to want to write all the time. When I'm doing something, such as work, school, etc., I wish I was writing. When I'm sitting down, pen and paper in hand, I wish I was doing something else. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, or even if not so, any tips and advice to get out of this slump?
I realize it may be 'cause I desperately want to write certain parts of my story (e.g.: A final fight scene in one fiction, a heavily romantic scene in another), and I'm kinda down because I have to build up to it. However: I doubt this reason, because I enjoy build-ups. I enjoy getting attached to my characters, and the weight of the scene becuase I've done the build up.
Anyway, thanks in advance for any advice given~!
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Sounds like you're afraid of failure.
Just relax and start focusing obsessively on improvement. Maybe your insecurities will then be forgotten.
I am independent, see?
I am in dependency.
I'm not afraid of failure, only when other people's safety comes into play. In writing, I could give a damn if I fail to everyone around me, I write for one person, and one person alone. Me.
And I can't improve if I don't write. Actions yields results. I really don't feel as if my insecurities play a part in this. Though you may be right, I'm not throwing the idea totally out the window. Thanks for the input too~!
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Ugh, I know exactly how you feel. Almost any time I'm doing anything, I keep thinking in the back of my head about some awesome scene in a story (or, in some cases, a roleplay) that I'm so looking forward to writing, and then... I never do it. And then, yes, actually sitting down and writing does yield a sort of "writers block" effect, except I know so much about what I want to write except I just... don't write? I tell myself it's because I'm too busy, but, am I really? I've wondered that lately. I've used that as the excuse for not doing a lot of things. And, yeah, I guess having a lot on my plate has to do with it but I think there are other factors for that mindset, too.
At any rate, I've pretty much experienced everything you mentioned. Especially being stuck on a favorite scene or climax and not writing what builds up to it- looking forward to finally getting there but never bringing myself closer to it. >.<
In fact, there's this one story that I've been wanting to write- and I got the idea for it about... five months ago? Six? Seven? Somewhere around there. Anyway, I've spent so much time visualizing the story and hardly have anything written down. Other than some character profiles, I don't have a single sentence written. It's probably because I have my priorities all out of order. I haven't even thought up a clear ending yet for my story, and yet I'll occasionally wind up tormenting myself over nitpicky things- like, whether I should write in 1st or 3rd person, and whether a certain character should be a religious person or an atheist. Yeah, I know a lot of this stuff shouldn't come till I have the basics like an ending down, but... before I can discipline myself to sit down and write, it's hard to keep my mind from wandering and develop the parts that it wants to develop. :/ Because, yes, now I know that I'll write in first person and Mike will be an atheist, but guess who still doesn't have a single sentence written? MEEEEEE~~~!!!
But uh... *cough* yeah... just letting you know- I feel your pain.
Thanks for the input. Though I don't think it's like that. I have the entire freaking story in mind, from beginning to end. I just... don't feel like writing it. But I want to write it. Ugh, stupid brain.
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Mmm. I still think it's the same idea. Theoretically I could at least start writing, as I know exactly how I want to start it, and I have known how I wanted to start it since I began thinking about it, really. Just... haven't been writing. I don't get it.
Been there, done that. In fact, I only recently began writing my story again. Here's what you do. Write the parts you want to write, then write the rest of the story. Then, put it all together later.Originally Posted by Giratina
I think ya'll are missing the point. It's not that I want to write the certain scenes now, I can wait. I've more or less lost my motivation for writing. And I have well over twenty-three chapters finished... so I'm good in the starting department.
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
In that case, have you tried listening to music?
Well... I listen to music like every day~! It's my brain's oxygen. : P I may need to change it. Any good artists you would recommend?
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
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