Resources to beat writer's block?

[thrillingdetectivetales]

I've been having a tough time just getting words down on the page recently, and I was hoping that some of my fellow writers out there might have recommendations for like, inspirational resources that can help with focusing on maintaining momentum early on in the process rather than worrying too much about quality in a first draft?

I'm trying to logic my way through it but I still find myself getting a little stuck in going back and editing and worrying about whether what little I've got written is exactly right rather than just following the narrative through to its end.

Anyone? Bueller?

Comments

[nenya_kanadka]

I haven't necessarily been able to leverage this for actually getting through writer's block, but one thing I have noticed is that when I look back through stuff I wrote a while ago, I can't really see a difference in quality between the stuff that came spilling out of my head almost effortlessly and the stuff I had to tear my hair out over and fight for every sentence of. Sometimes I look at stuff that I remember being such a bear to write, and that I remember as being kind of shit, and I read it with the distance of a couple of years and, like...it actually doesn't suck, it's actually a pretty good read!

So that tells me that my perception of something I'm writing now as being awful and pointless and needing 9 billion edits before it's worth going on to the next scene...may not actually be accurate. Whether that helps me to leave it the fuck alone and write the next bit... 🤷🏻‍♀️ lol.

Good luck! 💕💕💕

[thrillingdetectivetales]

This is a really good point! And definitely worth remembering when pursuing new writing endeavors. Thanks Nenya!!

(Also that icon! LMAO xD)