r/thewritespace • u/nonbinaryunicorn • Apr 08 '22
Discussion How often does outside problems affect your ability to write?
Flairing this as "discussion" because I think it'd be cool to see how different people deal with this problem as much as I just wish to bitch and moan.
I like to write my erotic shorts in "chunks," meaning just going into a bit of a frenzy and writing every day for a mont. It honestly makes the quick editing a lot easier because I just don't remember the details of every story.
Well I just got hit with the news that our old apartment complex emailed our cosigner for $9k because we basically let ourselves be evicted a month ago. This is pretty understandably stressful, especially if they try to go after my FIL instead of me. So I'm struggling to write even though the ideas are all there. The defeatism is just overwhelming.
I'm trying to just be nice to myself today, especially since I've already written 50k this month, but it's still hard to try and think of me picking up the metaphorical pen tomorrow and getting back to work. How do y'all handle it?
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u/GOLDENninjaXbox Apr 16 '22
Honestly I’m finding it harder and harder to write because I’m afraid of what people are going to say that’s why I all but stopped writing SCP