There’s this piece of advice that is constantly given to aspiring writers, that goes something like “Make yourself write every day”. Or “Just keep writing” they say, and that there’s no such thing as a writer’s block or needing to be in a creative mood to write.
Well, I beg to differ.
For a while there, I seriously lost my mojo. I’ve been dragging, cranky and sleepy. Basically just burned out, and needed a mental break from everything. My daily word count has been seriously slacking. I took some time off from my side gigs and relaxed with my family, had a date night with the husband, caught up on some much needed housework and personal tasks that needed attending. Basically, I allowed myself to rejuvinate for a bit.
But after DAYS of 0 words written or too few words written to bother to track, I finally got my groove back yesterday. And with yesterday being a work holiday, I managed to get almost 5,000 words written yesterday. Not just 5,000 crappy words either like the few sad ones that I did force myself to squeeze out earlier this week while I was in my slump, but good stuff! Well as good as an initial rough draft can get, anyways. The point is, I made a note to myself to stop crying in front of a blank screen. I’m more productive if I actually give myself a chance to relax every once in a while and then get back to work.
So it’s 3:40 am, and I’m finally going to call it a night. A long, tiring night, but a good one.
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Working it out I see. You already knew what you needed to do. You did it and got the desired results.
Yep, working it out. Keep up the good work.
That is so very impressive and inspirational, to say the least. I have always wanted to write a book, but I keep approaching it like I’m writing a paper and it doesn’t work out for me. I don’t know what keeps me coming up with a story that includes the plot and all, but it’s some serious blockage!
I am so happy for you, and wish you all the best with getting it to fruition.
Keep us posted, girl. I’m rooting for you!
Thanks Don, I can always count on you to root for me. Seems like you believe in me more than I do sometimes *smiles and hugs you*
I’m keeping at it for sure!
Thanks Traci. So you’ve tried to write a book too, eh? What helps me is to think up the point and plot of the story first and to create a light outline of the entire story from beginning to end before I start writing. That may not work for everybody, but it does for me. If you ever decide to give it a go again and want some moral support – let me know! Thanks for your support!