TheokinsJ
Troubadour
I'll admit, I've been out of the game for a while- I haven't written in nearly three years. I write here and there of coarse, small passages or a part of a chapter that I think would be really cool, or some random dialogue or part of a short story or two, but its been three years since I started my last serious project; a novel which I never finished. Life gets in the way a bit, I suppose- university, exams, work etc. I always promised myself I'd come back to write it in a few years time, when I had more time and when the plot was finally worked out- as that's what screwed me over in my first draft; the plot was not fully planned out, and I got stuck about 150 pages in.
Yet those 150 pages felt really good. I remember writing them and really enjoying myself, everything was flowing nicely, I was writing with freedom. So, fast forward three years, I've finally got the plot mapped out, wasted a long time world building and writing lore (Simply for my own enjoyment), and I finally find myself ready to write this book that I've always wanted to write.
And I'm stuck. Two sentences in. Writing is a skill, I know, and I know that like any skill, improvement takes practice, but I really am shocked at how trapped and powerless I feel, at how much of 'it' I seem to have lost- whereas three years ago I was writing with freedom, all the words were flowing, I was typing away madly- now I find myself stuck, I'm questioning every sentence I write, it doesn't feel right, it isn't flowing.
So, I suppose my question is a bit simple, have you ever lost 'it', the ability to write, and what do you do to get yourself back into the flow of writing after a very long break?
Yet those 150 pages felt really good. I remember writing them and really enjoying myself, everything was flowing nicely, I was writing with freedom. So, fast forward three years, I've finally got the plot mapped out, wasted a long time world building and writing lore (Simply for my own enjoyment), and I finally find myself ready to write this book that I've always wanted to write.
And I'm stuck. Two sentences in. Writing is a skill, I know, and I know that like any skill, improvement takes practice, but I really am shocked at how trapped and powerless I feel, at how much of 'it' I seem to have lost- whereas three years ago I was writing with freedom, all the words were flowing, I was typing away madly- now I find myself stuck, I'm questioning every sentence I write, it doesn't feel right, it isn't flowing.
So, I suppose my question is a bit simple, have you ever lost 'it', the ability to write, and what do you do to get yourself back into the flow of writing after a very long break?