My writer’s block is still there :( it seems to have moved in and build its own loft extension… I threw in the towel (as they say) about 3 weeks ago when, after 4 months, nothing had worked/changed.
At that point I needed to do something, so I came up with 2 solutions:
1) *drumroll*
CLICKCLICKCLICK HERE!!!
I have started my own book blog. Reading other people’s work is learning and when reviewing them I am still doing some form of creative writing.
2) I kicked the new-improved-PLANNER-me out the door.
In the run-up to Nanowrimo last year I started PLANNING, it was new, it was different and it worked. Elated by this new concept I figured I’d finally found a way to make this writing business really work and yet, since the end of Nanowrimo it’s gone downhill.
Why? I have no idea. It might be me trying to be a PLANNER but it could anything. What did happen once I shoved PLANNERme out the door was two days of manic writing of a story that had no real beginning, middle or ending. It was a brief recess with no idea of if I’ll ever continue with it but it was a start.
So for now PLANNERme is homeless and PANTSERme is growing roots. Out are all the goals, timetables, revision schedules and outlines. THERE IS NOTHING BUT CHAOS.
Hopefully at some point that writing-spirit will return until then I have this.
Yeah! Planning works great for some, but for others it can be a very big inspiration to writer’s block. For anybody who can handle writing by the seat of their pants, I think it’s much less likely to lead to writer’s block. Barbershop-singing ninjas maybe, but not writer’s block.
I’m going to be posting in a bit about blank pages, but not really the writer’s block kind. Drop by the Kelworth Files to find out more.