November 4, 2015
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group
Writer’s block. Two word to strike dread into the heart of
any serious writer. You want to write but the words won’t come. You sit in
front of the screen and stare. You had such a great idea so what the heck is
going on?
Having been afflicted by this malady a handful of times in
the last thirteen years, I’ve reached a few conclusions. At least where I’m
concerned.
Not all writer’s block is bad. Sometimes I think my brain
simply needs a break. I’ve learned not to push the words. I go blog, play on
twitter, dream up new characters and develop bios for them. I stay busy but I
stop fretting over daily word count.
I look for outside stresses. The very first time I couldn’t
write was in the middle of the Triskelion debacle. I’d signed with them for two
books and they closed down and filed bankruptcy before the books were released.
I’d never experienced that and it soured me on writing for a long time. These
days I’ve learned a lot about self-publishing, or indie publishing if you
prefer. I can always take a story indie.
Sometimes the day job wears me out and I don’t have energy
to spare at the end of the day. I might go through a period where my life is on
a social merry-go-round. It’s all okay.
Even when I’m not writing I’m thinking about writing. I know
from experience the wheel will turn and I’ll be back at the keyboard, banging
away. As difficult as it is to do, I just have to relax and ride out those times when my subconscious knows
what’s best and forces me to take a break. It's not really the end of the world, even if it feels that way.
KC Kendricks
http://www.twitter.com/kckendricks
1 comment:
Relaxing is a better option. Sometimes we have to force it to happen, but sometimes we are just too beat and forcing it makes us stressed on top of it.
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