What to do, what to do? I'm sick of this. It seems I only live when I write, and I don't have inspiration every day. So I don't live every day. Besides that, it seems I'm nothing special. Everything with that special spark of beauty has no meaning to me anymore.
I'm blinded from it. I have a need to awaken, to feel the sound of air's whisper, to see the beam of light by the moon's laughter, to have my skin peeled of my soul when I frown at nature's domain.
I need.. to write. How do I get my gift back? right now it's gone..
It's been gone for weeks and I can't help it anymore. I feel trapped and at the edge of a solemn silent death, while my heart shreaks of joy..
2007-03-16 13:19:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Okay....lady, you're getting a little too dramatic. Your desperately overzealous writing just begs for praise over your "eloquently" posed question. "Oh this vile isolation from inspiration! This desolate island of blankness! I beg of you, sweet death, to rescue me from this artistic quicksand like a knight on a dark horse! Oh vile desperation!" lol. And in answer to your question, not everything you write has to be driven by fiery inspiration. Great writers just....write. Write every day about your day, and your thoughts. When those great words, phrases, lines, or ideas hit you, make sure to write them down right away or they just disappear forever. Deeply moving thoughts and insane inspiration isn't going to be there all the time or else you would go insane. The key is to write when you are uninspired, write when you're inspired, write when you're bored, write when you're not. JUST WRITE! )loVe(
Edit: And P.S., what I always tell my tutees: Read the works of others-- a lot of the works of others. Does any of it strike a chord with you and your life right now? Great poets and writers work off of each other. In fact, you're not a good writer unless, at some point, you have worked off of someone else. JUST DON'T WRITE WORKS ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO WRITE! Common mistake and no one wants to read that stuff.
Edit: P.P.S. You have a LOT of talent for a fifteen year old however. ;-)
2007-03-16 13:32:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems you have that gift still. You have created a wonderful piece just by how you feel!! You just need to feel more, every day right? Feeling like you've lost it means the world is too distracting for you right now. Find your triggers and make life happen. Be alone and watch the beam of light and then you will write again...
2007-03-16 13:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by Elle3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmm sounds like you are sufferring from burnout.
Try playing a sport, or doing something other than writing for a while.
Take a walk in nature. Stare at the night sky.
You don't have to think anything just stare.
Once your mind is occupied with other thoughts you will find your skills in writing will return because they have a fresh outlook.
You do have a talent for it if what you have written above is any indication.
2007-03-16 13:28:57 · answer #3 · answered by Spikey and Scruffy's Mummy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 ideas to help you. they helped me.
1) read. a lot. everyday. mostly from the genre you feel best a writing, but definitely things from other genres too.
2) write every day. even if your not inspired, just write about your day, things you did, things you thought about. put a great emphasis on conversations you had and things other people said to you. a couple of weeks or so later, go back and read what you wrote. it may turn into an inspiration, or at least, it will help you write again/more.
2007-03-16 13:26:48 · answer #4 · answered by stephieSD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know what you mean, i used to write all the time usually a page or two a day but now sometimes only one paragraph a week, i don't know what happened but this happens to me a lot i lose interest in things. I over-think everything or something and I'm so focused on making it perfect, writing the perfect thing, having the perfect feeling, that i forget how to act natural and enjoy life. i take everything away from myself, by thinking and overthinking, and trying to examine everything.
let things happen naturally. that's that's the best advice i can give.
2007-03-16 14:07:29 · answer #5 · answered by lifeoutsidethecircle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haven't, you ever heard of writers block, every writer gets this, and it only gets worse, if you obsess about it, think about anything but writing, and your gift will return, try reading instead, critique, what you are reading, that will help get your game back.
2007-03-16 13:26:24 · answer #6 · answered by Kimberly H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oddly enough you never loose it.
You're just more'on'some days than others.
It's important to write everyday.
Find a spot that is your writing spot and spend sometime there everyday.
Even when you don't feel like writing.
It is your talent.
Train yourself to use it and not it you.
I'll see you at the book store!
2007-03-16 13:32:56 · answer #7 · answered by Robert J W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what yew needs is a story
a story bout a man named ned
barely kept his family fed
then one day came a bublin crude
black oil texas tea
first thang ya know old ned a trillion aire
the kinfolks said ned move away from thare
opps this storys been told aint it? dang
2007-03-16 13:29:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've just got to wait for it to come back and keep trying... Ernest Hemingway once said that for every page of good stuff that he wrote, he wrote 100 pages of complete crap... that's just how it works.
2007-03-16 13:22:02 · answer #9 · answered by Jason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inspiration arrives in cycles. I know, I've been there. Give it time, focus on other things. Don't look for inspiration, it will find you.
2007-03-16 13:32:57 · answer #10 · answered by florenz1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋