snowflake challenge #3

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In your own space, Scream Into the Void. Get it all out.

Okay, I'm actually bad at this, at least online, because I always feel the need to correct myself at the end or be all "but it's not that bad" because I'm doing the whole "in the grand scheme of things", comparing it to what I feel are real problems. With other people, I will definitely be like "just because other people have it worse doesn't mean your problems are less valid" but somehow the brain doesn't really let you extend that kind of sympathy to yourself. Funny how that works.

Since I'm avoiding real life/politics talk and *gestures to the state of the world* all that, my gripe is currently my inability to write. I want to write fic, I have to write fic with the deadlines I have (both real and self imposed), but somehow, when I stare at a word document, I'm getting nothing! It's not like I don't know what to write either. I even have ideas on what I want to do or where I want to go with my stories, but the scenes that sound so great in my head will just not come out. I barely wrote in December and I have nothing so far this month. It's just extremely frustrating to want to want to do something yet not be able to.

I thought maybe stepping back for a few days and not thinking about it would help, but it's just a few more days that I'm not writing and it's not any easier. I may just have to go back into writing sprints and force it out but I wish it could come more naturally. I miss when it came more naturally.

If anyone has any advice on what they do in similar situations, please feel free to share!

Comments

[senmut]

Wanting to write and not being able to is a source of frequent frustration.

I have two methods to combat - ask for one word prompts and characters to do STRICT drabbles for. (this... doesn't work for writers who do long form only)

Or pick up a quick hobby/game/craft that I can do over a couple of days in the time I would usually write. That usually makes the muses come back from the fishing hole begging to get on with words.

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Too true! I imagine it's a relatable experience.

I love asking for prompts but also don't because I'm afraid it will just be more things I'm not writing. I am not the best at drabbles but I will have to give a shot though. I think I can pull off ficlets! Keep it under 500 words. Maybe.

Also good advice! Maybe an activity that isn't on a screen will be good for me.

Thank you!