It’s been a bit since I’ve written. Last year sometime, as I was at the half way mark of the first draft of my book, I started loosing my creative edge. Although, I never gave up writing, I came to the page less, and sometimes a lot less. I read a few articles stating that can happen when writing a book.
I wondered why was I so into writing the story for seven years (gulp, yes it’s taken me that long to write my first draft!) and then suddenly I was like ehh, not that excited. I also wasn’t writing in any of my journals or on my blog. I have one journal that I only write happy or good things in, that went to the wayside too, despite the fact that I had good things to write about.
Writing has always come easy to me. But life has changed in many ways over the last fifteen years or so. 911 was the first marker that I encountered. Change was in the air and not necessarily in a good way. Now lots of different events are unfolding all at once, continuously. And there is a lot more noise, that I need to filter out to have peace of mind.
I remember a time when people were engaging and smiling more. The ’80s and ’90s was that time! I get that life always has its problems, but society and the energy was different back then. There still seemed to be some magic that people believed in.
I still believe I magic, but Ive discovered it’s harder to pull out of the hat.
I used to be able to just go outside, to a coffee shop, a library, or my own creative space in my house, and feel inspired. Now I have to look for more exclusive places that offer specific settings and less noise.
I pick up on energies too, and sometime when the energy is bad outside, I go back home just to avoid it. It does nothing positive for my mind or my writing. Creativity needs atmosphere with the right surroundings.
So I do research and find places that look interesting for creating, most of the time they work, occasionally not. Or sometimes they work once but not the next time. I know that there are more places to explore and so I will.
Specific music helps, so I keep my writers playlist updated. It’s the one constant that always sets the mood and keeps me inspired to write.
Keeping the magic is the key!
