Writing about Writing

[rowyn]

Ah, the urge to write. I don't really want to write like this, however. I want to write ... more than this. I want to write fiction. I don't know exactly what. I've many stories I could work on. I could start something brand-new. But instead, I find myself paralyzed by a curious indecision, as if I don't know what to say, or don't know how to get there. As if I'm afraid to open up that file, to look upon words that have gone before, or upon the perfection of blank white space. I don't know why I want to write some new fiction so badly, yet cannot persuade myself to take even the first steps toward doing so.

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[kamots-sawtooth.livejournal.com]

Not being one who has much of an artistic bent...heck, I think the right side of my brain mostly just sleeps and keeps my head balanced...I haven't any personal experience there but have had artsy-type friends feel as you describe. Their feelings seem to be a lot like Gen's 'core-dump' philosophy: Just start writing/drawing/ect. Don't worry about what comes out, how it sounds, what it looks like...just go all zen and let it floooowww. = )

Well, sounds like good advice to me, but your mileage may vary.

-'mots