Writer's Block
When I get bored in class (which is often), I always end up taking out a pen and a notebook. In class, when a professor is droning on and on and on (AND ON) about the importance of prenatal development, what a factorial is, and my personal favorite- how death is a right of passage... I can't help but go to my happy place and take a break.
It turns out: in times like this, I always get my best ideas.
About 6 months ago- I was looking through one of my notebooks (which was technically supposed to be for my Animal Veterinary Science class)... and found a Chapter 1.
A chapter about a young girl who is pregnant and loses the baby.
When I found this chapter, I was supposed to be writing a paper. But, considering that I know what my priorities are (cough, cough)... I put the paper aside and I started writing.
Immediately, I felt connected to these characters. I couldn't wait to sit down at my desk and start pouring out all of my thoughts.
Brandon and Layla became my new favorites (I say that about all my characters LOL), and I couldn't stop writing. I cancelled on plans often- needing to spend my time working on my book.
And then, one day- it seemed as though my creativity dried out.
I desperately tried to continue: every day I'd sit at my computer and stare at Microsoft Word. I read a couple of the chapters to get motivated, I tried to read others novels as well, and I did a bunch of research on the topics in the novel. But, nothing worked.
I am 28,000+ words in and I can't seem to put another thought onto the blank page.
This has happened before of course- often actually. It's happened with every single one of my novels... and all around the exact same time. I would be on a roll and right when I get to the climax, I hit a dry spell.
IT. SUCKS.
Every single article I read about road blocks tells you to let them pass, take breaks, focus on something else. But, I'm starting to get inpatient.
I want that fire back- that constant push to write. That's what I love about it! I love thinking about your characters so much that you start doing things that they do, I love having dreams about them because they're the last thing on your mind before you go to bed, and more than anything- I love having characters that seem to write themselves. The story flows naturally. It doesn't feel like work; it feels therapeutic.
I have no idea what else I can do. But, right now I'm leaning toward just riding it out.
I have a feeling that in a few short weeks, when I'm a lot less tired, I will get that fire back. And it'll be well worth the wait.
It turns out: in times like this, I always get my best ideas.
About 6 months ago- I was looking through one of my notebooks (which was technically supposed to be for my Animal Veterinary Science class)... and found a Chapter 1.
A chapter about a young girl who is pregnant and loses the baby.
When I found this chapter, I was supposed to be writing a paper. But, considering that I know what my priorities are (cough, cough)... I put the paper aside and I started writing.
Immediately, I felt connected to these characters. I couldn't wait to sit down at my desk and start pouring out all of my thoughts.
Brandon and Layla became my new favorites (I say that about all my characters LOL), and I couldn't stop writing. I cancelled on plans often- needing to spend my time working on my book.
And then, one day- it seemed as though my creativity dried out.
I desperately tried to continue: every day I'd sit at my computer and stare at Microsoft Word. I read a couple of the chapters to get motivated, I tried to read others novels as well, and I did a bunch of research on the topics in the novel. But, nothing worked.
I am 28,000+ words in and I can't seem to put another thought onto the blank page.
This has happened before of course- often actually. It's happened with every single one of my novels... and all around the exact same time. I would be on a roll and right when I get to the climax, I hit a dry spell.
IT. SUCKS.
Every single article I read about road blocks tells you to let them pass, take breaks, focus on something else. But, I'm starting to get inpatient.
I want that fire back- that constant push to write. That's what I love about it! I love thinking about your characters so much that you start doing things that they do, I love having dreams about them because they're the last thing on your mind before you go to bed, and more than anything- I love having characters that seem to write themselves. The story flows naturally. It doesn't feel like work; it feels therapeutic.
I have no idea what else I can do. But, right now I'm leaning toward just riding it out.
I have a feeling that in a few short weeks, when I'm a lot less tired, I will get that fire back. And it'll be well worth the wait.
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