What gets in the way of your writing?
Friends?
Family?
Television?
For me, it's worry. I can't focus if I'm worried about something. When I'm anxious I tend to work on short things. I'm in and out of the writing zone with spurts of creativity and anxiety. I write for a few minutes, block everything from my mind except what I'm writing--almost as if I'm trapped in some madness. When I finally return to reality, I return to worry--a different kind of madness, pace from one end of the house to the other shooting desperate prayers to heaven. Finally I sit and write some more. I suppose it's safe to say my voice is different when I'm tormented by this kind of anxiousness.
What distracts you?
What stands between you and your writing? What do you do about it?
If you've ever been blocked, what caused it? How did you get back on track?
Friends?
Family?
Television?
For me, it's worry. I can't focus if I'm worried about something. When I'm anxious I tend to work on short things. I'm in and out of the writing zone with spurts of creativity and anxiety. I write for a few minutes, block everything from my mind except what I'm writing--almost as if I'm trapped in some madness. When I finally return to reality, I return to worry--a different kind of madness, pace from one end of the house to the other shooting desperate prayers to heaven. Finally I sit and write some more. I suppose it's safe to say my voice is different when I'm tormented by this kind of anxiousness.
What distracts you?
What stands between you and your writing? What do you do about it?
If you've ever been blocked, what caused it? How did you get back on track?
NOTE; I'm not blocked. I'm focused on the short stuff. I'm using writing as an escape from worry. I'm not going to stick my head in an oven. :)
