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Re: Fear and/or Frustrations

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry anon this is such a long, long answer lol. But I have a lot of things to say about re-learning how to write, I guess!

Best thing I ever did to get myself to start writing again was to start a story by sprinting. Not in the typical, 30 minute sessions that people in writing groups seem to do, but 10 minute sessions. Not sure how well it would work if you're handwriting, but in my experience 10 minutes is just enough time for my brain to stop thinking so damn much and just put words down. Anything longer tends to get more difficult, because there's too much time to let myself wander or overthink everything.

In general, try to take the pressure off yourself to write "properly" or "well". Write on your phone in tiny bursts, a piece of dialogue, a single description. If you're writing outlines, just slowly expand on them on the same page or doc. Text it to a friend. A lot of the fear, at least for me, was that I was kind of paralyzed by the idea that I was wasting my time if I didn't get it right immediately. I hadn't written in so long, so I was embarrassed by my own skill level, even when just writing for myself that would never see the light of day. So by taking the pressure off and making the beginnings feel less like writing and more like chatting with a friend, or jotting a note down to come back to, it got easier overtime.

Finally, make it a habit. If you dedicate even just 5 or 10 minutes to writing every single day, or things that are writing adjacent, it will become part of your day to day. You'll stop getting tripped up in your own head about getting words out.