It seems none of us are quite sure about writers block, doesn't it? I do try to stick to one writing project at a time so I can keep it straight in my head, but sometimes the story just isn't working and I need to do something else. Maybe take a break from that story, if it's not under some sort of of deadline. If it is, do something non-writerly.
And as for depression? The hardest time for me to write is when I'm miserable. The words just won't play and I don't care about the story. And it's self-perpetuating, because the less I write the worse I feel. I've worked in some crappy jobs that have made me exhausted and depressed, and I just can't write a thing no matter how much time I have.
The only way I can think of it is that I have a separate Writer's Brain inside my head, and if I upset it or piss it off by not using it enough or devoting the rest of my brain to Some Other Task for too long, the Writer's Brain goes on strike and refuses to work until it's been given some TLC.
My Writer's Brain is very fragile. I think it might have *whisper it* Special Needs.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2010-07-30 02:52 pm (UTC)And as for depression? The hardest time for me to write is when I'm miserable. The words just won't play and I don't care about the story. And it's self-perpetuating, because the less I write the worse I feel. I've worked in some crappy jobs that have made me exhausted and depressed, and I just can't write a thing no matter how much time I have.
The only way I can think of it is that I have a separate Writer's Brain inside my head, and if I upset it or piss it off by not using it enough or devoting the rest of my brain to Some Other Task for too long, the Writer's Brain goes on strike and refuses to work until it's been given some TLC.
My Writer's Brain is very fragile. I think it might have *whisper it* Special Needs.