Join Alex J. Cavanaugh and a multitude of writer's in this monthly hop to help support one another!
The awesome co-hosts for the the July 1 posting of the IWSG will be Charity Bradford, S.A. Larsen, AJ, Tamara Narayan, Allison Gammons, and Tanya Miranda!
Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!
I'd been in the editing stages for so long that when I returned to my WIP, I scratched my head.
My muse has dried up like a rotting peach. I'm now in the process of rereading this project in hopes of creating a spark of integrity.
Hopping around the blogsphere I read a new author's excerpt for her debut novel and loved it, and wished I could write like that. Those unwanted neurotic doubts of my writing ability continue to creep in and bother me like a tiny sliver wedged under the skin.
While you're reading this post, I should be driving home from Boston, a much needed break. I hope I found my muse while I was away.
Here's to you finding that verve, again!!! I'm sure you will. Editing and writing are two different entities all together. Took me a while to figure that out. It's like we have to switch our brains between the two. For me to simply write, I need to clear my brain of all the perfectionism I put on it that limits my creativity.
ReplyDeleteRotting peach - yuck.
ReplyDeletei hope rereading it gets you back in the groove.
Safe travels!
Ah, writing envy... I totally understand, but while we're busy lauding other people's work, we totally overlook what we're doing right.
ReplyDeleteI hope you come back from your trip refreshed and ready to banish those insecurities. I bet that writer you read wishes she could write like you.
ReplyDeleteYou'll get back in the groove, Cathrina! Take a little break and I'll bet you'll get the perfect ideas.
ReplyDeleteYou're muse will come back. Don't worry. :)
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Here's hoping the muse returns. And the thought of a rotting peach should sound gross, but instead it's making me think of freeze-dried fruit.
ReplyDeleteHope you find a way to coax out the muse once again! It's so frustrating when they go into hibernation.
ReplyDeleteSorry your muse decided to have a tantrum. I'm sure by the time you get home from Boston, the muse will be there waiting for you! Happy Fourth of July. Hugs to you and the family. Hugs. Eva
ReplyDeleteI hope you get that spark back... or maybe find some way to rehydrate the peach. Mmmm. Peaches...
ReplyDeleteI hope rereading your project helped you get back into the writing groove. That usually works for me. Hope you had a lovely trip!
ReplyDeleteHope your muse returns soon... she/he's probably just taking time out to do whatever it is that muses do when they go missing... maybe attending a Muse Convention?
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