Writer's Block: A Lesson in Variety

Well… damn. Damn. Damn. Damn. Just when I thought I was back in the groove. Just when I thought I found the spark again. Just when I thought I was ready to crank out more chapters of Creed, it all gets fucked up. And it gets fucked up the same way it always gets fucked up.

BOOM

I run into another giant, fuck-off brick wall. A wall blocking my way as a writer. A writer's block, if you will. This has been keeping up for the past couple of weeks now. Lately, I've been lucky to get a single page written in an entire day. Even then, chances were high that I'd just scrap everything I had up to that point. Maybe it's the stress of school hanging over me like a raincloud, but it's becoming more and more difficult to write this story. The spark just doesn't come anymore, no matter how much I try to make it come.

So I stopped. I closed my notebook, walked away, and haven't touched the story since. If there's one thing that I learned as a writer, and it's probably different for others out there, it's that I can't force the inspiration to come to me. I can't force the words out. When it comes naturally, I can crank out page after page in only a few hours. But if I try to force it, what I end up with is a bunch of words, but there's no passion behind them. If there's no passion in what I write, then what's the point of writing it in the first place? It won't be fun for me to write, and it sure as hell wouldn't be fun for any of you to read. So, like I said, I took a break. I'm still taking that break. It doesn't make me feel good to say this, but Creed is, once again, on hiatus.

But that doesn't mean I'm not writing anything else.

I think I may know what my problem is. I've simply been working on the same story for too long. Damn near a year, almost. I'm burned out for ideas. What I could use is a change in environment. A change in pace. What I could use right now, is a different story to write. At the moment, I have that change in pace. Aside from the re-write of Creed, there is one other thing that I'm working on at the moment. t's difficult to describe, but as I wrote it, I felt reinvigorated, in a way. The words came naturally, practically writing themselves. The spark was there. The passion was there, and it felt damn good writing it.

I don't want to give away too much as far as plot goes, but I will say two things. First, it is another crossover. I don't know why, but I just love writing the things if only to see how well I can make the MLP universe mesh with others. As for two? Well, it's only a question, really.

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Keep an eye out. I might finally have more than one story under my belt soon. Catch you guys later.

Comments

[DarkWolf]

I find that when I hit that wall or lose that spark, I will do what you are doing, and walk away for a bit and see if I regain interest. The other tactic I have found is writing about a different perspective in the story. Try to find a different way to approach the story and whats happening, so it makes it more interesting to write again. Like, take on the perspective of a different character, or move to an entirely different scene entirely, while keeping the plot flow of the story. Of course, you do what you feel is best for you, but that's how I cope with it.