Going Through A Down Period? Creativity/writers Block! See Details?
I often have these things which i call “D-Days” (depression days) which can last up to a week, and come up to every 3 days. I’m moody, sad, depressed, and can’t concentrate at all. I’m a beader/reader/writer/artiste. I need something to snap me out of it, normally really creative ideas i can turn into a subject help. One of my favorite “snap out of it” projects was guitar pick earrings, which i luvved. I tried reading “Creative Technique” mag, but to no avail. I even tried the websites they advised. Squat. Its been going on for 2 days so far, and i really wanna stop it before i’ve gotta go back to school, so time is limited?
I ‘ve been grinding plays and other stuff over 50 years now. What I do is sit down an start bitching about not being able to write and anything else I’m ticked off about. Then I answer myself. Then I argue with myself. eventually I laugh at myself. Then I hold a dialogue between me and me to–typing it all. Then I usually start writing, period, exclamation mark.
i write a lot and what i like to do when i am stuck is think of something satirical for what i am currently writing. for example, if i were writing about the iPod for a review or something then i could write about how today’s kid generation is addicted to iPods and electronics and how Apple will rule the world
it usually gets me out of writers block because i focus completely on something else and then have fresh new ideas to start over with the original piece
hope i helped!
(btw, you could do a great satirical on britney spears lol)