The One-Drink Book Club is an informal, (almost) weekly series in which fellow author Emma Lee Jayne joins me and our other creative friends to talk about the life, business, and art of writing and making books … for the duration of one Friday-afternoon drink.
There is so much within this that I identify with, from the repetitive phrases to how hard it can be to get back into the flow once you step away for any length of time.
The area of writers block is especially relevant and would love to hear more on this as it's something many writers/authors experience yet feel guilty about and so try to diminish or ignore it by redirecting rather than facing and trying to find solutions to overcome it.
I write every day and have for years. It's not always (and mostly not) fiction, but when I have something to write in fiction, then I do. And when I was writing a short story or two every week, I could always write something. But I did hit up against a wall where I had no REASON to write more fiction. And, since these weren't my best-selling titles, I didn't have a financial reason to keep hitting my head against that wall. But more than that, my research was complete. There was no organic discovery on Amazon in ebooks, anyway. (Non-fiction paperbacks are something else entirely.)
But yes, I think you touched a live wire on this one.
Glad to see the show up up again - that was a long hiatus.
Oh, I know. The stars just refused to align. I think we're back now, though, even though we'll miss a week or two each month with the travel I've been doing.
Thank you for talking about this topic. I have struggled for a year with a block. After listening I'm going to write again, why not get something on a page.
I really needed this. I've struggled with writing the last couple of months so hearing you've had the same at times made it not feel so disastrous. I've even asked myself if I'm done with writing after twelve or so years.
Great to hear that it helped. I think our industry (most industries, actually) glorifies success so much that it feels like not-great-times never actually occur. But they do for everyone.
There is so much within this that I identify with, from the repetitive phrases to how hard it can be to get back into the flow once you step away for any length of time.
The area of writers block is especially relevant and would love to hear more on this as it's something many writers/authors experience yet feel guilty about and so try to diminish or ignore it by redirecting rather than facing and trying to find solutions to overcome it.
Thanks, Tim. I've gotten enough feedback like yours that I believe we'll be talking more about this next episode.
I write every day and have for years. It's not always (and mostly not) fiction, but when I have something to write in fiction, then I do. And when I was writing a short story or two every week, I could always write something. But I did hit up against a wall where I had no REASON to write more fiction. And, since these weren't my best-selling titles, I didn't have a financial reason to keep hitting my head against that wall. But more than that, my research was complete. There was no organic discovery on Amazon in ebooks, anyway. (Non-fiction paperbacks are something else entirely.)
But yes, I think you touched a live wire on this one.
Glad to see the show up up again - that was a long hiatus.
Oh, I know. The stars just refused to align. I think we're back now, though, even though we'll miss a week or two each month with the travel I've been doing.
Thank you for talking about this topic. I have struggled for a year with a block. After listening I'm going to write again, why not get something on a page.
I'm glad it helped! Got a good amount of feedback on this one, so I think we'll be covering it again this coming week.
I really needed this. I've struggled with writing the last couple of months so hearing you've had the same at times made it not feel so disastrous. I've even asked myself if I'm done with writing after twelve or so years.
Great to hear that it helped. I think our industry (most industries, actually) glorifies success so much that it feels like not-great-times never actually occur. But they do for everyone.