When the words won't come...
The writing commitments are stacking up, but my head isn't in a writing place.
I know there are many writers who would push beyond whatever situation they're in, producing their quota of words every day. 'You're not a writer if you don't write' is a favourite theme of Chuck Wendig's. And he's right - you have to be writing to be a writer.
But after recent events, my brain is mush. It is incapable of doing any more than listing what I need to do - it certainly can't put together a coherent storyline or edit other people's work. Problem is, how long should I leave it before forcing myself to pick up the threads again? Every day I let my writing slide is another day where my skills get rustier and it gets harder to pick up where I left off.
I just don't have the energy at the moment to make things different...
I know there are many writers who would push beyond whatever situation they're in, producing their quota of words every day. 'You're not a writer if you don't write' is a favourite theme of Chuck Wendig's. And he's right - you have to be writing to be a writer.
But after recent events, my brain is mush. It is incapable of doing any more than listing what I need to do - it certainly can't put together a coherent storyline or edit other people's work. Problem is, how long should I leave it before forcing myself to pick up the threads again? Every day I let my writing slide is another day where my skills get rustier and it gets harder to pick up where I left off.
I just don't have the energy at the moment to make things different...