May the muffins be forever in your favour.For some reason, my writing feels very bad the last few days..... · 11:38pm Mar 13th, 2020
I'm dealing with a peculiar problem the last few days: My writing feels bad and I can't tell why. I sat down to write the new chapter of "Dreamwalker Dash" for this week (and I am a good 1,314 words into it, so don't think I was lazy), but eventually, I could not go on anymore, as what I wrote felt more and more shallow and bad.
And the problem is not the actual, objective quality of the chapter. When I read through it, it sounds completely fine by application of all of my writing skills, talent and knowledge and I can tell that the chapter is okay as it is. But the moment I keep writing, everything I type down feels mundane and boring. My brain understands that the writing is good, but my heart doesn't feel it.
I am not sure what is causing this, but it's why I'm struggling with releasing anything this week. An explanation that occured to me is that I was chasing too many deadlines. From mid-January to mid-February, it was a bit of a difficult month because of some personal issues and I had to double down not to miss deadlines and was doing nothing but writing all day long because of that. This could possibly explain it, but I am not sure, as I don't feel exhausted from writing at all, just like what I write sucks. I also had two dental treatments on Sunday, one of which was quite painful, and another one today, to save a tooth that would otherwise have to go and this could be a contributing factor.
But I am not sure if any of this could be the cause of the problem. I have all the energy and the will to write, but seeing how what I write feels like trash right now, I can't bring myself to continue and, therefore, to release anything this week.
A weird type of writer's block? Lack of confidence in my skills? Something mental at the back of my mind that screws with my perception of my work? I can't tell what it is, but it does affect my writing enough that I just don't see myself able to release anything this week.
So what I will do, not entirely willingly, is that I will halt most writing this week while I figure out what this is and why it's making me unable to write.
I won't interrupt writing completely (I have to work on an important longterm project, after all, as well as the return of "Filed Away" and my first Patreon commission), but I will cut back on it and only write what's most important and I'm going to use the time for some self-reflection to find and kill whatever hampers my writing right now.
I will let you know what it is once I figured it out and when I will continue writing. Which shouldn't be later than next Monday, as I estimate it right now, so hopefully this forced break won't be too long.
Stay easy as a filly!
~ Fluttercheer
No matter what, I'll be with you through all this!
Your writing is amazing man
You'll get through this.
Could be fear of rejection. I still haven't written anything myself because I don't feel like whatever I write will be worth the effort. Whatever the case, I can say that on the whole your writing has been highly enjoyable, and I hope you manage to overcome what ever is discouraging you.
Sounds to me like it's probably a bit of burn-out, in which case, you probably could do with a break, so go ahead and take one.
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These are more responses to my woes than I expected to get..... Thank you!
Everything you write is worth the effort if you try and do your best. There is no such thing as a "bad story". Every story you write helps you to learn more and get better. A story you put your all in will always be a good story.
A burn-out would be my go-to explanation for such an occurrence. If it weren't for the fact that burn-outs always come with exhaustion or tiredness and I feel neither. A more likely explanation is that my mind simply craves to do something else, a lack of variety, since I was doing nothing but writing for a while. Which, as much as I love writing, is not what I anticipate, I like doing other things as well.
If that's what it is, then I have found a solution and things should be back to normal tomorrow.^^
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Your welcome.
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You're very Welcome!
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Sure thing! I am glad to hear you may be feeling better soon.