I Know This Is A Normal Cycle Of Creativity Slump.

I know this is a normal cycle of creativity slump.

I know that having a gigantic event this week is taking a lot of thought process, leaving less for creativity.

I know that this has happened before and has always resulted in creative outpouring happening again.

I know making slow progress is still progress and that's important.

I know there's life stuff going on that's taking up a lot of time and causing emotional stuff, and it's more difficult to balance work life on top of that.

I know all of this, but I'm still worried that I'll never get my creativity back, that writing will be this painstaking forever.

Something something twitter trend something something I need to watch Perfect Blue

Writing advice from my uni teachers:

If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.

Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.

Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.

Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.

In the classic ‘just read the same sentence about 100 times over while editing and now I don’t know what words are’ predicament 😭

i’m researching light symbolism while editing my book and it’s so weird that the healing one is the green light when it’s so often used in movies to depict something evil

a lot of times I find myself comparing my writing to people who have been doing this way longer than me. I feel like it’s not good because i’m not at the same level they are, and if i change this or change that then maybe i’ll be happier with my works!

But, everyone starts somewhere. It takes time to find your writing style and even more time to get it to where you want it to be. Just because you feel your writing isn’t as good as someone else’s doesn’t mean you’re a horrible writer.

don’t compare yourself to people who’ve finished the process that you’ve just started !