In all my fifteen years of writing and submitting my work, I have never had writer's block like I've had for a month this summer. I could post here (occasionally), on FB more often, but writing, actual BIC and writing? Nope. Besides not writing short stories or essays, I had two WIP novels and couldn't decide which one to complete. I couldn't even come up with answers to "What if?" I couldn't even listen to my characters. They weren't even whispering to me.
So, I bought a new computer.
Well, that's not why I did that, though. My old computer was 8 1/2 years old and very cranky. I spent a part of August setting the new one up (ya know, getting the Start menu just right and oh yeah, all those photos had to be sorted out and....) All excuses not to do any heavy-duty writing.
But---the good news is, that in all that setting up, I reloaded all of my work from Dropbox onto my shiny new computer. Work that I had forgotten about, perhaps from many rejections or just dropped like a brick. And I found many what I thought were duds just in need of polishing. And I am now writing (well, rewriting) again. Hey it's a start!
Moral of this story: if after a week of not being able to write, go over all of your old writings. It might help.
Unstuck, or How to Unfuzz a Brain
So, I bought a new computer.
Well, that's not why I did that, though. My old computer was 8 1/2 years old and very cranky. I spent a part of August setting the new one up (ya know, getting the Start menu just right and oh yeah, all those photos had to be sorted out and....) All excuses not to do any heavy-duty writing.
But---the good news is, that in all that setting up, I reloaded all of my work from Dropbox onto my shiny new computer. Work that I had forgotten about, perhaps from many rejections or just dropped like a brick. And I found many what I thought were duds just in need of polishing. And I am now writing (well, rewriting) again. Hey it's a start!
Moral of this story: if after a week of not being able to write, go over all of your old writings. It might help.
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