About Adrienne Expertise I can help you on how to write a book. Building suspense, creating characters that are easier to love, and creating scenes that will interest the reader are all centered around creativity. I can help you find that creativity inside of you
Experience I am an aspiring author and studied Literature for a semester in college.
Expert: Adrienne Date: 1/29/2007 Subject: Where did the spark go?
Question Hi. Well, up until about a year ago, I've always been told "How creative and unique" I was. My last piece of work took me about 3 steady months to finish. I was actually pretty proud of it! However, when I finished, I thought about writing another story, but it turned out terrible. Since then, everything I write sucks! It was a hobby of mine, but now I can't even get in the mood. Any advice on getting my lost inspiration back?
Answer Hi,
I wont be too detailed and personal at answering this question, because I am actually struggling through the same exact thing at the moment! All i can say to you-as people are constantly telling me, and that i know from experience-is to take a break from writing for a while. If you have produced a work of art in the past, than you are more than capable of doing it in the future. Everyone experiences writers' blocks. its just something that we as writers have to endure and try to get through. I suggest that you stop trying so hard to produce an amazing story: take a break from writing. Go try and do other things you enjoy: for example sports, traveling, hanging with friends, art, music, adventurous stuff, ect. For as long as you feel you need to, continue to take a long break from writing. After a while, you will feel as if there is a void in your life: you will really MISS writing. That means that the spark is back. But until then-until you REALLY feel that void, not just pretend to feel it so you can write again, you really have to feel it inside of you-dont write, because writing during a writers block will just increase your frustration and lack of "mood" to write.
This has proved for me and many other authors in the past to be very effective: Just do what you need to do, and pretty soon your hobby and love of writing will come back to you! Good luck, and i hope to see your name published one day.
