You have clarified a lot for me Justin. Your writing flows. Hope you got over that nasty burnout and are back to being even again. Be kind to yourself after that; take care to cherish your body, mind and ability.
Be no rougher on yourself than you would a puppy or a very small child.
I need to write more, make less excuses and spend much less time on social media. Thanks for this post, I never have had writer’s block either.
When good words don’t come I just vent about whatever is currently pissing me off, or read other Medium writer’s articles; not that they ever piss me off. Pretty soon, reading something from someone gifts me with a my own words. Once sparked, off I go. There is no stopping for an hour or two, I vomit words out and don’t stop to correct anything. I am dogged, and it has flow.
Brene’s: ‘Write what you need to hear’ is especially pertinent, I think. We should, first of all, write to please ourselves and not pour crap down on ourselves for writing something in the first place.
No block, but I do have Writer Excuse Syndrome. I can tell the symptoms well enough by now to be conscious of doing it. I may have made up WES, but it’s real and all artists have something to pull them back from excellence, don’t they?
Don’t they?
I believe all creatives, and we are all creatives, have mini-demons to hold them apart from their dreams a little.
If only I didn’t love FB groups and Twitter so much, and be a silly slave to hearts and likes and followers, I could be a better writer.
Now, to take on that challenge.
