Ever felt guilty about not writing?

@ post 19: I think that's my problem too.

Me too, but I don't think that I'd subject myself to that even if I were writing anything.

@ joeyjojo:

Do I ever feel guilty about not writing?

Not when I have other shit to worry about, like school and band.

ALL THE FREAKING TIME.

I'd say "All the time," but then it would just confirm my suspicion that there's an echo in here.

In fact, by posting here I'm procrastinating on some writing I have to do for a class, so I probably shouldn't even be here in the first place.

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss.

Real long answer: All the time. The main thing that makes me feel guilty is the wisdom that writing is a craft one has to constantly practice and hone; if I go even a month without writing something significant, I start churning out shit. The fact that I let myself slip even further in quality and subsequently must practice even more to get back into the swing of things, that's what makes feel guilty.

Kind of — I generally feel guilty when I'm not working on at least one of my random projects, whether it be a book, or a blog, or a drawing, or a comic, or learning something, etc., etc., etc. Since the fiction writing is supposed to be the main project right now, I generally feel more guilty about it when compared to all the others, but if I'm making progress somewhere else I'll often let it slide without much fuss.

I think that not making time for writing/drawing is my no. 1 beef in life. Another problem is that I'm uncomfortable drawing/writing when I'm not in privacy, and I don't even have a room, so opportunities to have privacy are rare.

Aniventurie: If you haven't already, set a smallish goal each day. Maybe "By the end of the day I must have written for one hour, even if it's spread out in ten minute increments throughout the day".

Beary: Start writing or drawing in cafes and get accustomed to your lack of privacy. Or go take a walk to some park or other and write there, which doesn't have a lot of people during the weekdays.

All the time.

Ever felt guilty about not writing?

No, because I am a bad writer.

This. All the time this. Without fail I end up reviewing and rewriting my notes before I get any progress done on even a first draft. It's compulsive behaviour on my part, really. In fact, that's what I'm doing right now!

edited 1st Dec '11 6:19:19 PM by TheBatPencil

I only write when bored, and since I'm always doing something I never do anything about it.

I am forced to revise my opinion after consulting with my better half. I may perhaps get cranky, but not guilty.

I feel rather guilty about it. I get ideas in my head, and I want to share them, but for some reason, the writing process doesn't seem that fun to me. I can enjoy thinking about what parts of a story would be like, but writing the actual story seems like torture. And then I feel guilty about keeping it to myself. I want to write or draw them out, but I just can't bring myself to enjoy it.

@Marker

Exactly like me, I get a lot of ideas but nothing to use them with...Once I get a new laptop this could be solved though.

^ ... As someone who has told themselves "I could do X if I just had Y-product!" many, many times, I can't help but feel you're in for a bit of a let down with that one. Unless your computer just exploded, that is.

No it's just...I don't like writing with other people in the room, I don't know why...

Ah, I see. I'm not quite like that, but I get the feeling — it drives me insane when someone looks over my shoulder and wants to see what I'm doing on the computer.

Geez, people, haven't you ever scribbled notes on a bus ride or something? Go write in a cafe and learn that absolutely no one is going to look over your shoulder.

I also don't like anyone seeing what I'm writing unless I know they won't take the piss.

Well, you'll can't always seclude yourself in a writing studio for maximum concentration. And come on, the chances of someone actually coming over to look at what you're doing is really slim as they're usually busy themselves.

I had this paranoia about people looking over my shoulder all throughout high school, which was mostly irrational but wasn't helped by my mom's occasional habit of actually looking over my shoulder and then expecting what I was doing to make sense to her. When I left for college, I made my desk face the wall. Problem solved.

Well once I get a laptop, I'll just retreat into my room and write stuff, whenever I feel like.

Interestingly, while I couldn't care less about whether people are watching my writing, I have always had a paranoid fear that people will look over my shoulder when I'm reading.

For those a bit braver than me — DIY Privacy Monitor.