Working Through the Hard Stuff
If you saw my post last week for the Insecure Writers Support Group, you already know I haven't had much of an opportunity to write. Everything has been fine for me health wise. I (thankfully) haven't gone into labor again, but I've also been very cautious in making sure I'm resting enough and doing everything I can to keep this baby inside me for a few more weeks.
Because of that, my writing time has been severally cut and I haven't had the chance to write everyday. In the past week, I think I've read ten posts about writing everyday to become a better writer. I have a little guilty squirm in my stomach every time I read one.
I want to write everyday. I want to improve and become a better, stronger, writer. But I can't. And I feel like it's pushing my writing backwards.
I know. You really don't have to tell me that this too shall pass and that I'll get the chance to write everyday when things settle down. I know this. I tell myself this daily. It doesn't make it any easier.
I hate to be a downer. I guess I'm here to put all my feelings out there so that I can move forward and be stronger. That's the power of writing. It's the chance to improve yourself by putting your thoughts on paper.
This is me coming out and saying, "I'm weak right now, and I just need to share it with the world in order to move on."
So tell me, have you ever been in a position where you want to, but you can't? What did you do to be strong?
Because of that, my writing time has been severally cut and I haven't had the chance to write everyday. In the past week, I think I've read ten posts about writing everyday to become a better writer. I have a little guilty squirm in my stomach every time I read one.
I want to write everyday. I want to improve and become a better, stronger, writer. But I can't. And I feel like it's pushing my writing backwards.
I know. You really don't have to tell me that this too shall pass and that I'll get the chance to write everyday when things settle down. I know this. I tell myself this daily. It doesn't make it any easier.
I hate to be a downer. I guess I'm here to put all my feelings out there so that I can move forward and be stronger. That's the power of writing. It's the chance to improve yourself by putting your thoughts on paper.
This is me coming out and saying, "I'm weak right now, and I just need to share it with the world in order to move on."
So tell me, have you ever been in a position where you want to, but you can't? What did you do to be strong?
Comments
Yes, I feel that way every so often, and the only way for me to get over it is to take off the pressure and allow the feelings to pass without forcing them. That does mean it takes me longer to finish a project but I'd rather that than be stressed all the time. :)
Or maybe that's just me when I'm pregnant, but I'd like to think it's everyone.
I act out scenes when I'm not near the computer or when I can't write right then. You may look like a fool, but who cares, right? Maybe people will leave you alone if they think you're crazy! Lol.
Don't worry about the rules and regulations other people put out there. They might not work for you and the situation you're in currently (at whatever time currently is when you're reading those rules and regulations).
Take care of yourself!
Good luck with the baby. I hope the next few weeks go well for both of you.
ps, have something for you tomorrow =)
My drought lasted from May all the way through just last week.
I got involved with a collaboration project, and that got my creative energy back up. It helped me get back to working on my own project and churned out about 4000 words just last week.
So maybe take on something new and easy, just to be creative.
Yay for no more preterm labor! Keep it up! ;)
A journal entry, a blog post, a nastygram on the wall of the bathroom--it's all writing. If you write for you, how much you write doesn't matter.
I tried to stop writing once (on a dare) and by the end of the month I was acting like an addict going through withdrawal. All the time. I think he regretted the dare...
Best wishes on the upcoming arrival of your little one!