Please excuse me while I ramble for a second. Writing helps me think, and I need to do this "aloud."
I haven't written in a while. As in, sat down and produced anything solid. I did two huge projects, but one was translation and one was sub-contracted. I did (maybe) 2,000 words of the sub-contracted one, but think about it: 2,000 words in the past 2 months? Yikes! I keep up this page for you all, but I think you are also absent. :( I see a lot of people who write much less in the summer.
I miss writing! I miss massaging the words into something that makes my breath catch! I miss yakking with interview subjects on the phone! More than anything, I miss long swaths of empty, quiet hours in which to better my craft.
I don't have a point or tidy conclusion paragraph, here, folks. I guess that, like everyone, I just want to know that I'm not alone in this!
You are not alone, as I am certain there are many of us who feel the same. The warm kiss of the summer sun seems to have mesmerized us, putting our work, our passion, on hold until we feel the distinct chill of Fall. Sadly, following in the footsteps of the Grasshopper will only end in the same fashion, so it’s best to be ants. And on that note, back to work I go.
I’m the opposite. Summer finds me invigorated with spinning syntax into golden threads of reading decadence. I’m just in need of readers.
Opps, pushed the wrong button. Allena, you write beautifully and spoke to my heart. I love all the things you miss and crave. Your work, even 2,000 words in two months, sounds like unless you’re cradled in the arms of a good plot, driven by the tension between protagonists and antagonists, that you’re not happy. My brain works the same way.
I have a novel completed except for the last couple of pages where I reached burn-out and the all too encompassing clouds of doubt that the words inside would find a reader.
I enjoy writing narratives about small adventures I have that make the moments when they happened seem much bigger and last much longer.
Is there any hope for our breed?
wow, you have really helped me out, I’ve been having a rough summer/crazy summer. Thanks so much Kimberly.
I am writing now more than ever. Can’t explain it, don’t think it’s a “weather” thing, think it’s more a “whether” thing — whether I will finish the last chapter of my novel today, submit my ideas to the greeting card company or complete the article for the hobby magazine.
I’m going through the same problem. On my end, people coming to my home for a visit and then taking a family vacation. All the planning, cleaning and hosting has sucked my creativity dry. I’m finally writing again and taking new projects. Thank you for sharing. I thought I was the only one.
We are never alone. I set a goal to complete my first collection of poems this summer. As of today, I haven’t finished compiling, revising or writing new poems I wanted to include. Many of my older poems have been left untouched all summer, filed away in boxes or lost files on my PC. I keep telling myself I am going to carve out time to complete this project, but I haven’t, yet.
We are never alone. I set a goal to complete my first collection of poems this summer. As of today, I haven’t finished compiling, revising or writing new poems I wanted to include. Many of my older poems have been left untouched all summer, filed away in boxes or lost files on my PC. I keep telling myself I am going to carve out time to complete this project, but I haven’t, yet.