reindeermagic replied to your post:I wonder if there’s a “depressive writers” blog...
This really helps me to feel better. I struggle a lot of days, especially after productive days/weeks, and I just think “maybe I’m just faking and this not-writing business is the real me”. It’s nice to hear I’m not alone! :)
A lot of writing posts on this site make me quite angry, to be honest. They're always "you should do this" or "you have to do that" or you're not a proper writer, and I always want to write in big capital letters FUCK YOU on them.
No one has the 'right' or 'wrong' way to do something. What works for one person might not work for another. And if you write anything at all, and take pleasure in that act, then that is writing. Not what some muppet know-it-all on the internet says.
And yes that includes me. If what I ramble on about doesn't work, discard it. If what someone else says doesn't work, discard it. You're you, you're the most important person in your world, and whatever you do that you enjoy is important.
And particularly for the depressive types, who I can't speak for because I am just one and I am me, but in my opinion the accusatory "proper writer" shit that flies around this site just makes things worse, and it shouldn't.
Literally, you enjoy writing, right? Then you're a writer. You're not faking anything, I promise you.