Both of those tips are good. I have been frustrated as I don't have as much time to write as I used to, but I do try to set aside 10-20 minutes each morning before work. Some days I only get a few sentences out, and sometimes those sentences are utter garbage, but it's better than nothing.

Another tip I've seen is this: When you do your daily writing, don't look back on what you've written before. Especially if this is a first draft, your only job is to get words onto paper. You can review it later. Personally I can get bogged down by editing what I've written previously, or sometimes rereading it can make me sad enough to stop writing the story altogether.

At the same time, I know some people prefer to warm up their brain by editing what they wrote the day before, and in a world where I am a professional author and have that kind of time, I can see how that would be a good way to get the ol' word machine going.

i love to write! But i feel like lately i lack the motivation to. One thing that helps is sometimes if it's like, a story, i will write a scene i have in my head that is separate from the story itself or a part i'm not quite at yet. It gives me a feel of my characters and gets me back into writing them. Sometimes drawing my characters in scenes that i've written or scenes to be written is beneficial too!

I've been struggling lately. I've just been working so much that I feel so drained when I have a little free time and work just saps all my creativity along with my energy. There's really not a lot I can do about that, but I'm now working on a special project and it's really lightened my usual workload, so I'm trying to catch up on rest and I'm working fewer hours so hopefully I can get back into the writing groove.

It's camp nano April and poetry month. So those are some things I may be tackling this month. :) Try to write again!

Lately my writing progress has been about Sims 4 lots, and reading back through and editing a novel I've been working on for awhile.

That's very true. I do love world building. But just drabbling in a journal has been comforting lately

I've been trying to get back into writing. Everytime I sit down I stare at the screen and just want to cry. XD my mind is just "I am so sick of this and life and being quarentined. Life was just heading in the right direction and now we have nothing!"

Honestly I should try to write. And by some miracle publish it. And then perhaps if have an income and not want to curl in a ball every day

════════════════⠀ ∘◦ᵒ .⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆. ᵒ◦∘



ah a few months ago i said i would give nanowrimo a try this year (just short stories though, probably not an anthology) , but now that it's gonna happen in a few days i feel like my mind has been focused elsewhere and maybe i shouldn't try to force it? idk >_>

i think trying to do stuff , sometimes can go either way for me - like it can be a helpful coping mechanism for dealing w the year, to stay occupied and get myself to focus on a specific thing and get me thru bad thoughts/feelings. but i wouldn't want to force myself to do things if i'm over capacity or it could just make things worse

sometimes reading can get me into a writing mood?? like reading a good book, and when i think abt how that author wrote it, it can be inspiring sometimes!
i also felt the most motivated to write when i was trying to forum rp - having a partner takes so much writing pressure off, and thinking abt it more from the perspective of improv, for me was useful for not being too perfectionist abt it + overcoming blank canvas syndrome :0

∘◦ᵒ .⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆. ᵒ◦∘ ⠀════════════

i have no minds eye which creates some trouble for me as an artist xD

also... spell work? like... spelling or magic?