Slogging Away ...
Jun. 25th, 2009 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
texchanWriting is still going really slowly. I long for the day when I can post in here, all excited because -- Hey!! I'm writing like a fiend!! I'll have that second book done in no time flat!
Heh. Yeah. At the moment, that seems like incredibly wishful thinking. Bah.
Then again, I might never make a post like that. Because, should that day come, I would hope to be too busy writing to journal about it. But, we shall see. *shrug*
Pretty much nothing is shaking clear for Midroc. Lots of ideas, but no clear path as to how to set them down at all. I've been resorting to trying to take notes, but I'm not even really consistent about doing that. The whole thing is just depressing. I'm not sure what's going on there, but I feel kind of just dried up and exhausted, creatively-speaking. I shouldn't. But maybe too much of "life" has started to get in the way. Things were incredibly busy at the end of school. We've only been done with my daughter's school for a week, and she's been sick for much of that time. Plus, with the whole summer-long-camp thing falling through, it means a lot more time spent at "Camp Mom" every day. This isn't a bad thing. Just means it's harder to manage my time and energy. Basically, right now I'm NOT managing either one at all. And I'm frusted and angry with myself over that ... which, inevitably, leads to more writer's block. It's a vicious cycle.
I have made some progress on a fanfic or two. I wrote one new story, which I think I blogged about in my last entry. Since then, I've finished another one. A one-shot. Still into that whole romance sort of universe with the characters, and, again, this one-shot comes way, way at the end of the main story arc. But, hey -- it's writing, right? I'm not good at the "romance thing", so exploring that as a writer has been a bit interesting. And could be contributing to my whole "blockage" issue, too. I'm trying to continue to bull ahead with it, though.
I wish I could figure out where writer's block comes from. I am stressed and feel spread way too thin lately. Partly the economy. Partly simple unhappiness with my life, in general. I don't think these are unusual feelings. I think everyone goes through times when they feel everything in their life and around them is totally out of control. But, it's not conducive to creative thinking. I'm not sure how to conquer these stress-related emotions, either. Do I just wait for them to subside? Is there something I can do to end it? I'm not even sure where to look for the answers.
Heh. Yeah. At the moment, that seems like incredibly wishful thinking. Bah.
Then again, I might never make a post like that. Because, should that day come, I would hope to be too busy writing to journal about it. But, we shall see. *shrug*
Pretty much nothing is shaking clear for Midroc. Lots of ideas, but no clear path as to how to set them down at all. I've been resorting to trying to take notes, but I'm not even really consistent about doing that. The whole thing is just depressing. I'm not sure what's going on there, but I feel kind of just dried up and exhausted, creatively-speaking. I shouldn't. But maybe too much of "life" has started to get in the way. Things were incredibly busy at the end of school. We've only been done with my daughter's school for a week, and she's been sick for much of that time. Plus, with the whole summer-long-camp thing falling through, it means a lot more time spent at "Camp Mom" every day. This isn't a bad thing. Just means it's harder to manage my time and energy. Basically, right now I'm NOT managing either one at all. And I'm frusted and angry with myself over that ... which, inevitably, leads to more writer's block. It's a vicious cycle.
I have made some progress on a fanfic or two. I wrote one new story, which I think I blogged about in my last entry. Since then, I've finished another one. A one-shot. Still into that whole romance sort of universe with the characters, and, again, this one-shot comes way, way at the end of the main story arc. But, hey -- it's writing, right? I'm not good at the "romance thing", so exploring that as a writer has been a bit interesting. And could be contributing to my whole "blockage" issue, too. I'm trying to continue to bull ahead with it, though.
I wish I could figure out where writer's block comes from. I am stressed and feel spread way too thin lately. Partly the economy. Partly simple unhappiness with my life, in general. I don't think these are unusual feelings. I think everyone goes through times when they feel everything in their life and around them is totally out of control. But, it's not conducive to creative thinking. I'm not sure how to conquer these stress-related emotions, either. Do I just wait for them to subside? Is there something I can do to end it? I'm not even sure where to look for the answers.
