Writing in Times of Confusion and Stress
Hi everyone,
I send you big virtual hugs.
Things aren’t okay, and they aren’t going to be okay for a while. We’re all figuring out a new normal, while under tremendous strains. Emotional, physical, mental, financial. For some it is maybe one of these or maybe all of them.
Everything feels fucked up right now.
So I just want to say this. I love you, and I am proud of you.
I am proud whether you write a fucking novel in this time, one fucking sentence, or nothing at all. Any of it, all of it, none of it. I am proud of you.
It is okay if you don’t write. It is okay if you do. It is okay if you focus or all over the map. I’d love to be working on my main fandom right now, but my brain simply can’t focus on anything but a different fandom because it is what I was working on when everything changed rapidly.
And that is okay.
The only thing I want to encourage for all of you is this. That you make sure you have some measure of creativity in your life. Little things, big things.
This can include trying a new hobby if writing is stuck for you.
Make mood boards, play lists, take up drawing, pick up that yarn you abandoned. Get creative with cooking.
Hell, paint your nails with sharpies.
But in the midst of all the confusion, and changes, take the time to nourish your soul.
Create, in whatever small ways you can. Every bit of creativity we put in the world -- even just colouring in a picture -- makes the world a better place.
It is scary, and it might not be what you thought you’d create, but create.
Be brave, create.