A Writers Pain

 I think that there has been a time in every writers life where they have come across this struggle - Writers block...  Struggle 2: Writer's Block  In my experience when I have faced writers block there are only a few outcomes:  I write and I hate it and end up re-writing  I sit and stare at a piece of paper until I get frustrated and throw my pen across the room  I write nonsense that makes no sense and I never re-visit it again  I don't think I have any other outcomes of writers block.  For a long time, I only wrote out of a need so actually, writers block didn't really exist. If I didn't feel like writing then it normally meant that I was in a happy mood and I didn't need to.  Then when I was promoting my editing work I started publishing some poems through the company and I felt as if I had to write - that was truly when my writers block hit. I couldn't come up with anything remotely good (at least I didn't think so anyway) because all I ...

As you can tell titles aren't my strong point - I have a 26000 word novel that I am still writing that still has no title.  I wanted to start talking about the main struggles that I face as a writer and hopefully some of you may relate.  Struggle Number 1: Having half an idea  I dream about my stories sometimes, my main novels that are in the works currently were all stories that came to me in a dream, I woke up and I just had this urge to write about them. The problem is, I don't just have one of these, I have about five on the go at one time, and what's more annoying is they are all half ideas. I know how to start the story, or I know how to finish, but what goes in the middle? Currently, that is what I am struggling with most.  Now, I know that most of you are going to say, just have willpower, sit down and write it out before you start another one. Unfortunately, I have very little will power when it comes to writing I just write what I feel, but also I can't not...

Everyone has a different reasons for writing, I shared a few in my first blog post when I said what it was to be a writer.  Some write because they are naturally gifted, they are creative, and they have a story to tell.  Others write because they couldn't imagine life doing anything else, or imagine even getting through life without writing it all down.  My motivations have changed throughout the years. I started writing a diary when I was a child because I am an extremely sentimental person, I wanted something I could look back on when I was an adult and remember all of those memories of my childhood. Then my teens hit and I wasn't a normal happy child anymore, I had depression, I had to deal with a very close family member dying, and I was bullied. Poetry became my new best friend. I poured my heart into all sorts of poetry, any lines that I felt were right; I never showed to anyone - to this day they sit in several notebooks scattered in my belongings gathering dust, t...

Who am I?  I mean that's a philosophical question that I'm not sure many people could answer truthfully - especially not on the internet - but I will give it a go.  I thought an introductory post was probably needed (but I will keep it short) so any readers out there who might just enjoy some of my work, might get to know a little bit about me.  Currently, I am 25, I have a very stable career in finance, and I have a good life.  My main and true passion is the written word. I have started studying through Open University, towards a English Literature and Creative Writing Degree. This has ignited the true writer in me.  I have been writing since I can remember, it started off as a diary I would write through school, when I hit some rough times this turned into poetry, it became a way of coping with reality for me. I started reading properly and read any book I could get my hands on for many years. It got to that point where I couldn't leave the house without taki...

I don't really know where to start.  Being a writer is pain.  It is anxiety.  It is stress.  It is freedom.  It is creativity.  It is living in an imagination to escape from reality.  It is a way of coping.  It is my life.  I started this blog at gone midnight one night in a hopes of getting a need to write out of me. I started (what feels like) my hundredth story idea, no idea where this one is going. Haven't finished the two that are close to being completed, one that, well who knew where I was going with it to start off with anyway - but I dreamt a story up and so it ends up in my note book like every other dreamt up story that comes out of my brain.  This is how you know you're a writer... when the need to write hurts your fingertips, when the need to get the imagery and story lines out of your head and onto paper (or a laptop whichever is your tool of choice), but it's all so frustrating because you have no idea ...