Lost Interest in Writing

After writing for a few years for my first story, writing became a hassle for me, like a chore. Over time, I have overcome some of it, but updating stories is still kind of like a chore for me.

My alternative is to just write one-shots as they come to me. It's not very often that I finish them, but it's fulfilling when I get one done.

I'm sorry that you're going through this. It has really sucked for me.

I get it when I'm depressed and have no time to write-- I party instead.
But I do miss it.

I miss writing. It was easier in summer when I had time.
But I just can't bring myself to do it.
Not now. There's too much going on in my head to make sense in a story.

kafka.:

I don't think I necessarily lost interest in writing, but rather discovered that I'm not capable of writing yet. For example I might get a story/novel idea but I don't have the power to write it. I have a growing interest in reading at the moment, I believe the two are interconnected.

Every story I've written up until now has been unbelievably easy to accomplish. I never had to sit for hours to plan out tiny intricate details or any of the other things I now find myself doing with the several new ideas I've got. The stories I want to write now are so complicated that I don't even know where to begin and I can't seem to write anything that I actually like.

I don't know. It seems like everything I've written so far has been semi-cheerful love stories with an overload of sarcasm and no real meaning behind the story. And it was easy, because I didn't have to put much thought into writing it. Now, though, I want to write about darker, more emotional and strange sort of things, and I've realized that I don't know how. I've read books that are a perfect example of what I want to write, but I seem to be lacking the real life experience to write properly.

And as I read over that, it doesn't seem to make much sense. Oh well.

No. Never.

bullets_are_hailing:

I did after posting two stories. Nobody commented on them because
they were both original and it seems like fanfiction gets the spotlight, so I just thought
I was writing stuff for nothing. I didn't get feedback or opinions, so I just was on hiatus
for about three months and when I decided to go on again because of a new idea
that came into my head, I started getting feedback and reviews and it made me feel
interest again and that's when I started loving it more than ever.

Bleh. That definitely happened to me too. It kinda sucks that fanfiction gets a huge spotlight (especially when there's so much crap to sift through), when OF is typically really good. It all depends on how they use the real people to make their fanfics though, there are some really amazing ones out there. I'm happily sticking to OF though. Maybe I'll get comments on a new new story. :grr:

I have, for the most part. But then again, writing's never really been a passion, more of something to do, so it's not much of a shock when I don't want to write.
Lately I'd rather just write stories in my mind. I don't really know why, but it just seems nicer.

Other than the usual Writer's Block, no.
I'm always writing somehow. Little poems or drabbles in notebooks when I'm somewhere away from home where I usually write.

To me, writing just never gets old.

kafka.:

I don't think I necessarily lost interest in writing, but rather discovered that I'm not capable of writing yet. For example I might get a story/novel idea but I don't have the power to write it.

I get sometimes rather epic ideas that I can't follow through with because I simply do not have the talent. But that's not for lack of trying... if I get a good enough idea I will do my best to at least outline it so maybe later I'll somehow get through it.
I could never stop writing. I have never stopped writing. Writing is the only way I have to really... filter my thoughts. If I didn't write I would probably literally go insane, because my head would fill up and eventually I would... explode. I need to write, it's as simple as that.

To me, it's not a hassle. It's a necessity. Much like breathing or sleeping or music.
-shrug-

No.

Sometimes I'll be feeling a little lazy or distracted and won't feel like updating, but that by no means means that I lost interest. I'm always writing or thinking of story ideas though. If I'm not in the mood to update, it's a poem or song lyrics.

Writiing is a passion to me. It's not something I would ever give up, grow out of, or just get bored with.

I have phases when I lose interest and it becomes a chore, but I've found that it just comes back after a while. =]

But I seem to have more of a passion for writing when I'm in exam season or in term time, instead of in the holidays, which is stupid! XD

In my one story, right now. I don't know where to go on for it, so I just kind of gave up and lost interest. I'm sure I'll pick it up again soon, though.

It happened all the time a long while ago. I completely lost the interest for writing and I delete all my stories :<
After about two years, I regain my passion and write again.
I delete my account because the stories are made without very much interest, just random thoughts.

I think that if you dont want to lose interest in writing, think of the story you want to write before actual writing them. Think of the plot and characters, etc etc until you're sure you want to complete the story then you write it.

Don't write because you saw some plot in the movies or shows then you write it. Its not going to last long.

(Updated!) Thanks for the reminder.

Guitar_Junior_C:

It happened all the time a long while ago. I completely lost the interest for writing and I delete all my stories :<
After about two years, I regain my passion and write again.
I delete my account bcoz the stories are made without very much interest, just random thoughts.

I think tat if u dont want to lose interest in writing, tink off the story you want to write before actual writing them. Think of the plot and characters, etc etc until you're sure you want to complete the story then u write it.

Don't write bcoz u saw some plot in the movies or shows thn u write it. Its not going to last long.

Watch your chatspeak. It isn't allowed and it'll get you banned from the forums.

I loose an interest in writing everytime my girlfriend decides to spend a few days here :XD

^Saucy! [/spam]

I lost interest in one particular story I was writing with a friend, but I've never lost interest in it as a whole. I always have some idea about what I want to write, even if it never finds its way on paper.

That happened to me. I lost interest in the way I wrote, and the quantity of the writing I produced. My old fanfiction.net account had more than eighty stories hosted on it, and I churned out short-stories and one-shots like you couldn't believe. I remember writing a single one-shot, liking it, writing another to follow it, deciding, "Oh, one more couldn't hurt..." and by the time all was said and done, it had turned into a seventeen-part series of excruciatingly long one-shots all about the Turner family from Pirates of the Caribbean.

I don't think I could do that now. Towards the end, I put four stories on hiatus because I just couldn't keep writing for them. Two of them (Harry Potter ones) were ones I felt very badly about doing so to, because they were both popular and received tons of reviews for every chapter I posted, and had a million subscribers each...but the inspiration just wasn't there anymore, and I chose to leave them where they where rather than force myself to write mindlessly just so I could finish them.

Now? I have No Man's Land hosted here, on Mibba, and I'm lucky if I can update once every couple of weeks. Part of this probably has to do with the length of my chapters, but I just can't churn out writing like I used to. I post a one-shot every now and then, but not like I could a couple of years ago.

On one hand, it does kind of sadden me that I can't write as much as I used to. On the other...I've slowed down a bit, and allowed myself to really look at what I'm doing. Because of that, the quality has improved. But the interest I used to have still isn't there.

There are times where I've thought my writing was just... too shitty. So I stopped writing but I couldn't help it, anyway.

nimrod.:

kafka.:

I don't think I necessarily lost interest in writing, but rather discovered that I'm not capable of writing yet. For example I might get a story/novel idea but I don't have the power to write it.

I get sometimes rather epic ideas that I can't follow through with because I simply do not have the talent. But that's not for lack of trying... if I get a good enough idea I will do my best to at least outline it so maybe later I'll somehow get through it.

Sometimes I get really epic ideas and think about how amazing other people would write them. And it frustrates me that they'll never write a story like that.
:shifty

In about May, I think, I lost interest in writing. Had all these ideas but didn't write them because I got really bored. I always thought about my stories, played them out in my mind. Every time I'd go to write though I'd get extremely bored and it all sounded like shit.
Just recently got the passion back.