Where has my inspiration gone? I am in a writing rut. It’s lasted almost a week now. I’ve gotten very little done in that time. Just a week ago I had three stories I was working on simultaneously (four more on the back burner) and this week it’s just not happening for me. I’m forcing myself to write anyway, but it’s not flowing the way it should and I know I will have to revise everything I’m doing now. *sigh* I hate these periods. I know from experience that they pass but in the meantime I HATE IT! :crazy:
I’m wondering now about Alison Kent’s question on what kind of author I am–a writer, a storyteller, or both? I went with storyteller since I’ve been called that so many times before, but now I wonder. If that were the case, wouldn’t I be less concerned with word flow and sentence structure? I’ve got the story in my head and I’m pushing myself to write through my rut, but I know I’ll have to go back and redo it all when I’m in the right frame of mind so that my words come together in “my voice” to tell the story. I don’t over-analyze my stories but I do have a certain expectation about how they should move along with my words. And right now they ain’t movin’! I’m kicking them along!
“Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long.”
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Romance author Alison Kent brought up a wonderful and provocative point in her blog about romance authors being singular in their easy accessibility to the public through the web. Her entry prompted a new topic on my message board, so if you get a chance weigh in with your opinion.
The Jack London quote is GREAT! He’s one of my all-time favorite authors, so I was thrilled to see the quote.
Also, I’m jealous of your ability to work on several stories at once. I try, but it just doesn’t work. And yet, I still try…
Clearly, I’m a slow learner! :blush:
on July 21st, 2004 at 7:04 am
I work on several stories out of mere necessity. I don’t do plot graphs or take notes (never was a note taker, even in school) so I have to write down the scenes as soon as they come to me. With \Sapphire’s Worth\ several scenes came to me all at once, but they were separated by the storyline. Since I was full-steam into another story at the time I opened a new document and quickly wrote out the scenes separated by page breaks. Later when I started writing the story I just filled in the blanks.
A method to the madness? (One can hope!)
on July 21st, 2004 at 12:01 pm