I started writing my novel in April 2007. Actually, it started out as a screenplay, but there were too many details being left out so I decided to write it as a novel first, with the intention of returning to it and developing a screenplay from it. Things were going fine for about seven months, and I hit a creative road block. In November, I stopped writing. I tried to go back and start the editing process of what I had written so far, but I found it boring and somewhat pointless if I couldn’t overcome my block.
A couple of nights ago, I went back to the last chapter I had written and changed several things. I finally got it to where I think I can continue, and am looking forward to revving up the writing engine again, but I’m suffering now from a lack of motivation. I know I can write, and I am fairly confident that the novel will be published…if I ever get it done. But for some reason I just can’t motivate myself to work on it, regardless of how much “free time” I have. I’ll spend my time surfing YouTube, checking messages on Myspace, and watching movies instead of writing. Not to mention my incessant blogging here.
Any suggestions on how to overcome this?
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Good luck with finding your motivation! My girlfriend is a “writer” ( quotes because I NOW understand that there are differences – no sarcsm intended.) She has given up the freelance jobs to focus on her novel; ….. she has spurts when she will write for days without sleep and then the droughts when she can’t add a single word to her manuscript. She has “writer friends “poets, novelists and professional journalist — and they all seem to respect her skills. I’m biased so my tainted opinion doesn’t count. Anyway — again best wishes with the writing and hope to read more from you soon.
~blkirish