Is it just me or...?

Is anyone else suffering from a horrible case of writer's block? For some reason, after I returned to work in May (after being furlough due to COVID), I couldn't write. Every sentence I managed to put together ended up annoying and disappointing me. Every time I did write a few sentences, I’d read it over and over again until I ended up making so many changes that I just gave up. For about three months now, I feel uncreative and exhausted. I couldn't English. Couldn't write without overthinking everything. Couldn't come up with follow-up sentences, dialogues, and scenes that make sense. Hated my characters, storyline, and just the thought of writing alone. It's usually around this time of the year where I take brief hiatuses because writing becomes a hassle (and family is particularly demanding during Summer), but it feels different this time around... Like...I just want to delete everything... It's so weird because I was so inspired and motivated at the beginning of the year and now...my mind just won't work. Ugh, I hate this. 

#sorry #hadtorant #staysafeoutthere @everyone 

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seofanyluv
#1
Awww buddy, I just read your block and guess what - I've been feeling exactly the same way as you! I lack motivations and creative ideas to continue writing that I feel like just giving up! I'm really exhausted myself! Idk how long this hiatus will take me, but yeah, it'll really take me a while to comeback.
TrueBoice101
#2
It may just be because of Covid; like the worries caused by the virus mount up quietly inside so that when you're left alone in the quietness with the intention to write, the worries come secretly and staunch your creativity.
I get kind of paranoid whenever I leave home, as if I'm walking through a field of zombies or something lol Downtown is off the map for me now and so is riding on the buses.
I'm rooting for you! I managed to chalk out a story I entered into several contests even with all the anxiety, so I know you can do it, even if it takes a while :)
MissMinew
#3
aw Kaihlee :( i think it’s covid that’s just frustrating and gakshsl meh im sure it’ll come back to you!! <3
hzhfobsessed
#4
omg before i started my camp nano project this was legit me. i've had a couple of bursts of inspiration and now i'm working on my camp nano project but same. and even though i am still writing, it's really not my best work :// i use like two adjectives and three adverbs to describe everything and it just feels so horrible. it's like i'm stagnating and becoming complacent with where i am with my writing skills, which really ing .

hang in there <333333 we'll get through it