More like giant cherries
I think that's normal. I'd be more surprised if people didn't feel that way.
I'm pretty bad at writing too, but the best advice I can give is to find one little place where you can start and write that. If you can't figure out how to begin your story, pick a random scene out of the middle and write that. If you can just get something done, that helps. Then again, I've been struggling a lot with my own story so I'm not sure how helpful my advice is.
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I frequently feel that way.
I think the best idea is to start out writing a little bit at a time, and try do go away with some idea of what you're going to write next so you won't be discouraged next time.
You say I am loved, when I don’t feel a thing. You say I am strong, when I think I am weak. You say I am held, when I am falling short.
literary masochist
What everyone forgets to mention is that ideas are always a dime a dozen, but taking one of those ideas and making something concrete out of it takes work. You just have to get down to the brass tacks and start putting in the time and effort.
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
I have a similar problem, OP. Just today, I started a writing journal, but I haven't really written anything in it yet. I am hashing out ideas, what I do and don't like about them, on a separate notepad. I'm just trying to get back into the swing of writing again after years of not writing on a consistent basis.
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How long have you been writing, if you don't mind me asking?
The Mod with the Migraine
I sporadically have the same feeling. Normally I get around it by sitting down and forcing myself to write something. Once I've started writing, it's easier to write more, and better. It sounds kind of cliche, but the only one to write is to write, hard or easy it all kinds of works out the same.
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
I've been writing on and off since at least age 14, and I still have no idea what I want out of it. Okay, I have two characters in mind for a webcomic. Okay, this one's a Ditzy Genius, this one's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. Now what?
edited 26th Feb '14 4:28:26 AM by Twentington
I honestly have been beginning to question if I have what it takes to write recently. I'm great with ideas. If you want ideas and characters and plot devices, I'm your guy. But stringing them altogether... I have difficulty with the actual writing part of writing. And I feel bad when I just sit down, look at the page in frustration and think to myself "I don't want to be here. How is there not any easier way to get what's in my head onto paper?"
Does anyone else ever feel like this?
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