Once upon a time, in a not-so-distant past, I was the sort of Mibbian who tried to update at least once a month. Once a fortnight if possible. If I had my way, I would still be that sort of person. Unfortunately, lately I've been having some issues with my writing.
I've probably said it several times already: after finishing my NaNoWriMo novel back in November, I've hardly been able to write a thing. Most days I open several first chapters and add nothing to them. Sometimes I'll go days without even looking at them. But most infuriating are the days where I'll open that chapter one, write maybe five hundred or so words, and end up deleting six hundred words in the end.
Bad writing is better than no writing, right? Well, not when you end up deleting more than you've written in that day.
I've been calling it writer's block - but is that what it really is? It's not like I don't have the ideas. I have literally half a dozen stories floating around in my head, waiting to be written, and my issue comes in when I try to write them down. The words just aren't write; I hate everything that I jot down.
My usual remedy for getting over writer's block is to switch to a different story for a while. But that solution isn't working for me right now.
It's been more than six months since I've written anything I can be happy with, and it's starting to drive me stir-crazy.
Has anybody else ever had this issue? How did you get over it? Can anybody offer any helpful tips or ideas?
In the meantime, I'm back to trying to push through on my own. I'll be happy if I can write one hundred words tonight (and not immediately want to delete them).
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