random thought for the day

[tamlin_kitsune]

so demonegg and I were talking last night and I think we've coined a new phrase. 

Writer's Blah

I think you writers get the idea already.  It's not the dreaded writer's block - it's the blah where you could write... if only you could get motivated.  It's the doldrums of high seas sailing - er, writing.  The course is set, the sails are loosed, everyone's ready to go (a rare treat considering cantankerous characters), and yet - nothing.

I'll be the first to raise my hand and admit that mine comes in cycles.  Without fail it seems to hit me halfway through a story.  I start with a bang, turn out chapters a day, slow down to a comfortable groove after a bit and settle into a rhythm, and then - one day - I just don't feel like writing.  So I don't.  And one day turns into a week.  And a week turns into a month...  Without fail it seems I go about a month, a month and a half in which I write absolutely nothing with spurts into the occasional 'not applicable at all'. 

and of course, I always panic somewhere into the second or third week.  I spent a good ten years of my life not being able to finish a story to save my soul and even though I've got several under my belt now, the old fear still hits.

why am I rambling along pointlessly?  'Cause, and it's just a suspicion, I've got a feeling I'm not the only one that's been hit with the Writer's Blah at the moment.  Personally, I'm going to blame it on the weather and the end of the year/beginning of the year stress. ;)

Comments

[valentineninja.livejournal.com]

I go through a phase where all I want to do is read, but I don't know what that would be called. And honestly, there's a real shortage of good stories out there(not that I think mine are the best either). I have a TsengCissnei prompt still pending and I've rewritten it twice and I just can't seem to get it how I want it, so yes, I share the writer's blah pain! The idea is just out of reach, but the lightbulb refuses to turn on. :(

[kitsune13-tam.livejournal.com]

back when I was in college I'd spend a good chunk of time writing and then switch over to drawing. Back and forth and back and forth but never together at the same time. Maybe its a way of recharging our batteries or something - lol. And *I* think your stories are great! there just aren't enough of them (*cough* for any of us *shifty eyes*)lol.

Tseng and Cissnei sounds interesting though.