The chore of and the refreshing act of writing.

More often than not in the past few months, writing has seemed to be a huge chore with no end.  Chores are supposed to end and writing is supposed to continue on.  In this sense, feeling that writing is a chore has simply added to my exhaustion level.   It came down to the fact that my writing time was no longer being treated as sacred nor was my writing and writing time being thought of by me as a time to refresh and relax.  I still have not discovered when my regard for writing changed towards something so detrimental, but I am glad I am finding writing refreshing again. Smile

If I can not see what I have written, if I can not feel what I have described, if my senses are not triggered by the words, then what I have written is not real enough to be fiction.

OH, I know

The feeling. It's normal. You just have to sit down and find out why does it feel like a chore and what you can do to make writing fun again.

(Hugs)

Melissa Blue
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Thanks Melissa Blue, I

Thanks Melissa Blue,

I figure that the chore issue came from being overwhelmed.  I think my first mistake came when I promised myself to treat writing like a job.  In that moment I was a full time parent and wife, caregiver and working two full time jobs instead of one.  I have since retracted said promiseand have been spending greater amounts of time (after work, mothering, housework and caregiving) slacking off in my own little world writing.   I figure there will be time later for writing to become my main job, at which point I will take up belly dancing as a serious form of slacking off rather than a form of exercise I randomly do because crunches and I are not as close as my jiggly belly and I are.  Wink

If I can not see what I have written, if I can not feel what I have described, if my senses are not triggered by the words, then what I have written is not real enough to be fiction.

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