Blog #6: Writer’s Block

   Piggybacking off of my post about “How to End” writings, I’ve stumbled into writer’s block. Or maybe it’s just burnout. I finished the manuscript for my book Pill Bottle Romance, which was 260 pages, a few weeks ago and since then my incentive to write is none. I just feel like I have nothing else creative in my brain.

     The simple answer I know is to give myself a break from writing, since I just finished a book. But I want to write, it gives me a sense of purpose during the day, like I’ve accomplished something. I hate feeling like I’m sitting at home doing nothing when I could be making something great!

     And that is where I am stuck. I really want to work on my series of essays about mental health, but I just can’t find the words. I have an idea of what I want to write, like the topic, but can’t seem to find the words to articulate what I want on paper. Which is just frustrating at this point.

     I truly think this is burnout more so than writer’s block, and I might look into some ways to get back into writing some snippets of things. Just to get the creative juices flowing. Maybe finding some short story/writing prompts, so I can chug my brain along. This is why I’m glad I started this blog, it’s a way to release my creative thoughts, and have no pressure of creating a character, plot, and world. It’s just my thoughts and typing them up. It’s just another source to write from, and I’m glad I started this. I also really want to do NaNoWriMo this November, but I’m not sure if my brain will be chugging along by that time. I attempted it back when I wrote Gone Tree, but I really want to give it a shot this year. 

     Why can’t I be like Stephen King and pop out a new book every year? Haha!

     Signing off,

     Fenisha Estes