The Writer's Struggle
Happy Easter! Happy Passover! Happy Ostara (little bit late but...)! Happy Sunday!
In trying to figure out a topic to write for my blog post this week, it soon became apparent that the answer resided in the struggle...
No... will... to... write...
At the beginning of the month, I had every intention of participating in Camp NaNoWriMo. I wrote a little less than 1,000 words while sitting in Dublin Airport, and haven't written since. There are moments where the urge to write comes, but by the time I actually sit down to write... I end up sitting down to watch Netflix or something of that sort.
I don't know what it is that makes the block fall into place more often than not. When I'm on my game, I'm on my game, churning out thousands of words in a day.
And when I'm not on my game, I go days, maybe even weeks, without writing a word (not counting keeping up with this blog).
I wish I knew what I could do to fix this. A lot of advice says to "just sit and write."
What happens when you can't get yourself to do even that?
Maybe I'm lacking internal motivation? Maybe I don't want it badly enough?
I just wish I could figure it out...
Any other writers out there experience this level of... well... apathy? Any suggestions on how to combat this?
It's almost Game of Thrones time, and then the start of a new school week. We're at about T-Minus 38 days and counting...
Ciao, friends!