Yes it's a long title. Why do I know this? Because I walked it. Twice.
why? I needed a distraction.
why? Writer's block.
The following is SO NOT ELOQUENT but it's what my brain did a short time ago. I started writing and then just.... couldn't write what I wanted to. This is what happened instead. Presenting: Dawn's brain on writer's block!
aaaaaaagggggh I hate writer's block. I write to relax and then I can't write? how is that relaxing!?!?!
f f f f f f f it sucks. seriously. It's not that I have nothing to say - I have SO MUCH TO SAY - I just have no way of saying it. Words are my refuge, without them I have no where to turn in my times of need. ok great NOW I can write? ha ha! I think life does this to me on purpose.
*head-desk* x like 5.
I want things to sound pretty, I'm having a moment where I'm looking at everything I've written in the past few months and it looks like total garbage. I want to take it all back, crumple it up and toss it over my shoulder into the waste bin, tear pages from notebooks and furiously cross things out.
I know I can't do that, it would be foolish of me. That writing is still a part of me. But I know I could do SO MUCH BETTER, given the chance. a chance that ISN'T COMING TO ME RIGHT NOW. come on brain why is it you REFUSE to co-operate with me! I'll be doing something totally different and BAM a writing idea pops into my head - when I can't do anything about it! and then when I finally sit down to put my pen to paper ( because yes I'm old school like that) I can't do it!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR/
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(sorry for the keyboard mash, it's just a good way of describing frustration.)
That's when I decided to go for a walk. But it's cold outside. So I walked up and down the stairs of my building. 1st up to 11th. 165 steps. And back down. Then back up. Then back down. Then to the 2nd where I live.
Then I put on music and stared at the ceiling for a bit.
Then I felt better and planted my Chia pet with my podmates.
Dina you write - ever get crazy writer's block? What do you do about it?
As I recall I did mention having, if not writer's block, the anti-writer's block that you described; the constant flashes of subjects or stories through your head when you don't have enough time to really grasp them with your mind and capture them with your pen.
ReplyDeleteFor that dilemma I recommend jotting down the basic idea and then trying to capture the feeling of the piece rather than the plot in one or two actual sentences of writing. It's that feeling of instant energy and investment in the story that it's important to capture when it first comes to you so that when you have writer's block you can try to recapture that idea.
Most of my pieces end up being very last minute. The deadline spurs me on like nothing else every can. Unfortunately, I have no regular deadlines and therefore am not coming out with regular pieces. When I'm having writer's block in a time crunch I usually go through the motions of trying to yank out some of my hair, picking up and setting down my pencil/pen, pacing around my room, and making/drinking tea or hot chocolate. Does it help? Not sure but I do eventually get the job done.
Oh writers block how we hate thee... On a happier note I just noticed you are finally listed as a follower of the blog, good job Dawn!
ReplyDeleteI don't get writers block a lot as I usually try to draw to express what is going on instead of writing it, but I sure have days where I can't draw anything to save my life, those aren't blocks so much as lack of co-ordination days but they suck too. Usually if I am drawing as a way of expressing something I have a general idea of what I am doing, I let it form in my head before trying to put it on paper.
All that said was likely no help, and for that I am sorry but I do understand your plight and agree that after going through some maddening process as described well by Dina above that one does find a way to say what needs to be said.
my legs hurt today.
ReplyDeletethis is so random and i love it :P <3
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