Multi-fandom Fangirl

I have time

I want to write

I have no ideas and no inspiration!!

You sound like I do right now

Well I kinda have ideas but nothing I could write. It’s all just note form and just urgh 😵😡🤬

Jot down your thoughts. Even if they don't make sense or are part of the same concept. At least you'll have them for later as a guide when muse returns?

I have but kinda annoyed with myself not being able to write 🤷🏼‍♀️

I have time

I want to write

I have no ideas and no inspiration!!

You sound like I do right now

Well I kinda have ideas but nothing I could write. It’s all just note form and just urgh 😵😡🤬

I came on tumblr for an escape but the more I scrolled the shittier I felt. So much awesome content is being created, challenges being run and I just don’t have a single fucking setence or piece of dialogue in me right now. 😔

I have ideas that I’m day dreaming away, I have WIPs that are like 80% done and I could do with the hit of dopamine (⬅️ is that even the right word?) that comes with writing and getting likes and reblogs (let’s not pretend that’s not true) but I just CAN’T!! 😢

Love, I can feel your sad. I’m not going to presume to be able to give YOU advice but I also believe that that ‘lull’ is part of any artistic life (I’m not being grandiose, I think it’s true of great writers and painters and also people who enjoy doodling on beer mats when they’re drunk) sometimes it’s all flow and creation, sometimes it’s like a bastard hybrid of creative constipation and hitting your head repeatedly against a brick wall! You probably know that but it’s different when it’s ‘you’ I know. It’s frustrating beyond belief and that frustration makes it even harder....and it just feels shit. If I can do anything to help, let me know. Like, seriously, anything.

But for now, let me feed you some truth that I hope will serve as a dopamine hit....*brings you into her blog, makes you sit by the fire, brings you tea and a fluffy blanket and tells you to listen*

I have read your stuff, I have found it touching and beautiful and sexy. They are gorgeous gifts to our fic loving community. You are talented and wonderful. Even if your muse is taking a moment to recharge. More than that, you are obviously very loved, by your friends and by other people in the fandom. You are often tagged in reblogs where people share blogs, people and fics that they love. You know that but sometimes when things are shit it’s nice to hear it from someone else. More than that, when I was still fairly new here you took the time to respond to me and interact with me, something I appreciated and will never forget. You were nice and funny and kind. You still are, obviously. And you were encouraging even though the stuff I wrote was not your personal favourite type of fic, you were still supportive and lovely. We aren’t super close but it’s always awesome to see your posts and seeing you about always makes me smile. Go easy on yourself. You are a delight and your inspiration and skill will come back recharged soon enough. Just soak in the love, enjoy the dopamine (hopefully!) and reach out anytime. Whatever you write next will be stunning, I’m sure, in the mean time it’ll just be the you-ness of you that stuns us all.

*forces you to have a cake by the fireside and then to look at a collection of photos of Jared Padalecki’s hands, whether or not you want to*

Take care chick x

@thinkinghardhardlythinking thank you ☺️ that’s was definitely a dopamine hit. That was so lovely to read, honestly, thank you 🤗

I came on tumblr for an escape but the more I scrolled the shittier I felt. So much awesome content is being created, challenges being run and I just don’t have a single fucking setence or piece of dialogue in me right now. 😔

I have ideas that I’m day dreaming away, I have WIPs that are like 80% done and I could do with the hit of dopamine (⬅️ is that even the right word?) that comes with writing and getting likes and reblogs (let’s not pretend that’s not true) but I just CAN’T!! 😢

Sweetheart, I definitely feel you, I’ve been on and off feeling like that for months on end. I had a weird spike last week but I’m still struggling bad, one thing I’ve found to be working, though, is getting a notepad and writing down everything little thing I can think of. If there’s an idea, or an unfinished tip, whatever it may be, try and pick it apart and pull little elements out of it that could be expanded on.

The other day, after a 200th (or so it felt like) read through of one chapter, I noticed there was something that I could elaborate on later on, I realised there was something about the synopsis for the story that I hadn’t actually fully brought out in the story so far. I noted it down on my jotter, and moved on, then after trying to pull out tiny details, little sentences or pieces of dialogue started forming. I use dialogue prompts to see what I can build around that and how it can push the narrative a little further, old dialogue notes I’ve made on my phone that came to me at one time or another and tried to work that in somehow.

But if none of them feel useful or they aren’t working for you, don’t worry, you’re talented, you’ve just hit a block. If you can’t bash down the writing block, work around it until it’s gone. And if you even need anyone to brainstorm with, I’m just the other end of a message. You’re marvellous and you’ve got this.

Thank you babe 😘 @nasabeck

I’m honestly at the point of thinking about comissioning someone to finish my main 2 WIPs. If I had the money I seriously would. 😔

I’ve wrote down loads of ideas, I open the doc to see if I can make it work and I just end up rereading the whole thing or watching the cursor blink back at me. 😞