Link to original post: [drupal=2342]At a Loss[/drupal]
Well, here I am, a regular member of the SWF community again. No mod powers, no responsibilities, and best of all, finally, I'm eligible for BotW!
Except I can't think of anything to write.
That robot thread was meant to be funny, but in terms of actually writing something good, I've been in a complete rut. And I don't mean just in terms of UB. I haven't really been able to come up with anything. I wanted to write a short story last month for a writing contest, and I got nothing. Well, not exactly; I actually did get about 3800 words down, but I totally ruined the story in the process, so I guess I got nothing after all.
Right now, I'm just kicking ideas around for a television show. I don't have any illusions about it actually going anywhere, but I have tons of free time at work, so I might as well do something there (plus I just finished watching Battlestar Galactica, and I'm totally hyped up by that). I have a premise that I won't share right now, but I think it's a pretty good one. When it comes to developing a plot out of that premise, I'm just drawing a total blank.
I've been through dry spells before, ones that were much longer than this one. I'm just surprised because those ruts were always characterized by a great deal of frustration at myself for not being able to put words on paper. This time, I just seem to have resigned myself to the fact that I have nothing upstairs at the moment. There's no frustration, just a void. While that certainly feels better than being constantly upset about my lack of creativity, I'm not really sure it's better, because I don't have the motivation to get out of this complacent state. Oh well.
To make matters even worse, now I've committed that most unforgivable of all sins: I've written a blog about writing. The only thing worse than this is writing a short story about an author having writer's block. Thankfully, I haven't reached that level of desperation.
Yet.
Well, here I am, a regular member of the SWF community again. No mod powers, no responsibilities, and best of all, finally, I'm eligible for BotW!
Except I can't think of anything to write.
That robot thread was meant to be funny, but in terms of actually writing something good, I've been in a complete rut. And I don't mean just in terms of UB. I haven't really been able to come up with anything. I wanted to write a short story last month for a writing contest, and I got nothing. Well, not exactly; I actually did get about 3800 words down, but I totally ruined the story in the process, so I guess I got nothing after all.
Right now, I'm just kicking ideas around for a television show. I don't have any illusions about it actually going anywhere, but I have tons of free time at work, so I might as well do something there (plus I just finished watching Battlestar Galactica, and I'm totally hyped up by that). I have a premise that I won't share right now, but I think it's a pretty good one. When it comes to developing a plot out of that premise, I'm just drawing a total blank.
I've been through dry spells before, ones that were much longer than this one. I'm just surprised because those ruts were always characterized by a great deal of frustration at myself for not being able to put words on paper. This time, I just seem to have resigned myself to the fact that I have nothing upstairs at the moment. There's no frustration, just a void. While that certainly feels better than being constantly upset about my lack of creativity, I'm not really sure it's better, because I don't have the motivation to get out of this complacent state. Oh well.
To make matters even worse, now I've committed that most unforgivable of all sins: I've written a blog about writing. The only thing worse than this is writing a short story about an author having writer's block. Thankfully, I haven't reached that level of desperation.
Yet.
