but we knew they'd try

[tea_and_ink]

Been feeling odd, lately. As if I had this well inside my head, this pit of ideas waving and revolting around, making themselves known, making me stop and stare. And then I grab my legal pad and... they're gone. I wanna write and, apparently I can, the ideas are there which is sort of fundamental for the craft, I think, but I don't seem to have the drive. Or something.

I'm intimidated by a legal pad.

Don't even wanna bother with the laptop.

But, this is a happy day because I am convinced that leaves are falling! Finally!

So, back to the original reason for this post (when in doubt, always ask your flist), does this lack of drive, as I have christened it, happen to you? If so, how do you handle it? Advices?

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[1grl-revolution.livejournal.com]

I don't write, but I say, sit down with your pad and just write for 20 minutes- nonsense, whatever though comes into your mind... just to get the juices flowing. Sometimes all you need to do is just let your mind wander, sometimes you just need to sit down and focus for a while.

For me, when I am feeling creatively drained scrapbooking-wise, I find that sitting down and just playing with some of my supplies can get the ideas flowing. Or, I pick a favorite technique and start doing something with that. Another things I do is look at other people's work to find an idea that might inspire me- sometimes it's as simple as a colour combination...

[penandnotebook]

Yeah, you're right. It's like running water, open the faucet and it starts going.

I think my issue is not so much what to write, as much as it is how to go about it, I get these ideas and I can see the whole thing, not finished, but structured at least, so my guess is that the problem comes when getting started. I'm hoping once I do open the faucet something comes out.

Thank you so much for the advice!