On Losing One’s Way
I have a confession to make: I’ve lost my way as a writer. It’s been a struggle to write for several years now. I struggle a lot with motivation — I set goals and miss them, I bribe myself, I procrastinate, I feel guilty, I beat myself up. All of those things are normal for many writers, but if it’s this much work to make myself write…something’s very wrong. And when I do write, I struggle with editing and go around in circles and brainstorm fruitlessly until I beat the story into the ground. It’s not fun anymore.