The reason I haven’t been posting is because I’m stuck.
I want to just WRITE. I don’t know how it is that in seven years of keeping a blog, I still have so many stories I haven’t written down, but I do. I haven’t written about my dolls with the yellow pajamas, or my high school trip to Venezuela, or my five weeks in London, or my five MONTHS in Philadelphia. I haven’t written about my amazing years in my high school’s band, choir, and theater programs. Or how I spent 3 summers at Blue Lake Fine Arts and 2 summers at Interlochen Arts Camp.
I also haven’t written about the things that weigh on my mind on an almost daily basis. The things that happened in my life that I somehow cannot put in the past, no matter how hard I try. Even when I tell myself “you can let it go”, they are just meaningless words. I don’t know if writing it down will help or not, but I can’t seem to figure out how to get started and just WRITE.
The thing is, I just feel stuck. I don’t know what order to write things in. I don’t know how to introduce sensitive topics. I can’t figure out a schedule. Menu Monday? Sure, if I’ve planned a menu and remember to blog about it, but obviously I’m not doing that every week. Friday Fives? My own meme? It’s pretty sad when a person can’t even keep up with their OWN MEME.
I’m trying to get unstuck. And yet all I could think of to blog about today is how I am stuck.
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Elizabeth, one thing I’ve found helpful is to print out a monthly calendar and keep it on my fridge. As I think of entry ideas, I jot them down on a blank date. When I get up in the morning, I look at what I’ve scheduled to write about. That way I don’t feel the pressure to come up with ideas — I already have — and I feel like I *need* to write about the topic, because I’ve scheduled it.
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I have the yellow trigon. I released all the sprite thingies for the Dark Moon trigon, and it told me it was a time of miracles. So I go to where the drum beat is playing and sing the song of sworcery. Nothing.. I wandered around all the areas in and out of the dream world and sang, but nothing.
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Don’t schedule. Just do. Seriously. My mind goes back and forth between random stuff, just the way it works. One day I’ll be taking photos of defrosting my freezer and prepping 80lbs of chicken, the next I have an abortion rant. Just go with what’s on your mind that day. And really, there’s no harm in having a dozen started/saved blog drafts to come back to and finish later.
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Hi Elizabeth,
A suggestion for you- Open your hearts and take effort to hear things that you have taken for granted…and see the small cherishes in life..perhaps that will give you some inspiration?
I write and blog daily and I am loving it. Though I face “writer’s block” every now and then, I just continue to follow my desire.. just rant out my heart’s thoughts and desires… It works!
By the way Elizabeth, can you check out my email I sent last Thursday? I am awaiting a response from you…thanks!
Please do post all your experiences and memorable moments of your life.
The best way to get over being stuck is to just write. Just write whatever is on your mind, and after you’re done, examine what you’ve written. Study it and point out things that you notice. Perhaps you are stuck because your writing style is changing.