Why can’t I find the right words?
I feel like I’m trapped,
Suffocating this voice inside me,
It calls to me in the night,
But I can’t seem to speak a word.
Tag: writer’s block
To write is to move outside of your comfort zone
I have always found it difficult to find the right words. My writer’s block has always been about having a snapshot of an idea, a desire to write, but the chaos of never having the right words to set it down on the page. Case in point, this piece has taken me twelve months.
Cat got your tongue?
A lot can happen in a year or so, yet as a writer, I feel as if I keep running into the same roadblock time and time again. There’s an endless outpouring of thoughts and creativity, but they seem to die on my tongue before I have chance to say them, let alone write them down. Another crisis of confidence, one might assume, but is there more to it?Read More »
The Queen of Drafts
I spend most of my time daydreaming or thinking about things, in fact, most of my pieces have come from daydreams or thoughts I’ve had over my morning cup of tea. The only issue is after spending that fleeting moment wrapped up in picturing this piece taking shape, letting my thoughts run away from me, I spend the moments after that writing countless drafts as I try to remember how my thoughts worded it.
The writer’s art of self-doubt
I am well acquainted with pressing the backspace on my keyboard, with crumpled up ideas thrown away in the bin. When it comes to sitting down to writing, I find it almost impossible not to doubt myself.
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