Hello . . . hello . . . hello

[authorwithin]

Wow. Did you hear that echo?

Yeah. Things have been awfully empty and deserted in my blogosphere. I am still here even though I haven’t been “here” posting on the blog (poor neglected thing).

I’ve spent the summer in frustration and confusion and a bit of depression. I totally expected to have a new novel finished before the kids go back to

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[robinellen]

I've definitely found myself stalled from time to time. Sadly, I'm not sure what any of us can do about the elusive 'yes' -- it seems very much luck-based, to be honest. But when it comes to my own writing motivation, I will take long breaks to read, if needed. Sometimes reading (and usually NOT in the genre I'm writing) will get those creative juices flowing again...I also take time away to simply enjoy other creative hobbies (like photography and crocheting). (((HUGS)))

[authorwithin]

Thanks! I never thought to read books NOT in the genre I'm writing, but I can totally see how that could get the creativity back.

Also, I had an epiphany last night and think I finally figured out why I keep stalling out. I haven't given myself permission to write crap!

That's not to say that I want my work to be crap, but I think I keep stalling out because I'm trying to make each word and sentence and paragraph perfect. And it doesn't need to be. These are ROUGH drafts. They're not supposed to be polished and perfect and ready to submit the instant I reach the end.

And I got it in my mind that I needed to make them as perfect as possible on the first go so I wouldn't have to spend so much time revising. Um . . . yeah. Revising is part of the process, idiot! LOL So I'm working on giving myself permission to not worry about being perfect and just get the darn story on paper. I can clean up the crap later. ;-)

[jennygordon]