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Message: [QUOTE="Lena CE, post: 339652, member: 26523"] Sometimes I need a little break, sometimes I need to wait for the random rush of inspiration/motivation, often though I need to just stream of consciousness write. I am an incrsdibly self-concious and anxious person. Trying my best to get back the self-esteem I used to have in creative endeavors cause I think it always requires at a bit of ego to see through. The best way I've found to get over that anxiety is for me to just sort of write through it, as simple as it sounds. If I wait for the perfect sentence to jot down it will take me ages and that entire process is spent with me agonizing over what others will think. Recently though I've just allowed myself to "braindump" everything onto a page while acknowledging it is nowhere near the final draft. By just allowing myself to throw everythijg at the wall I'm allowed to see what sticks and at least get myself to write instead of sitting there paralyzed to some degree. Then I can slowly go through and tune it up, throw out random stuff that didn't work or was only written down to keep my momentum. I will write paragraphs that I know in the moment don't really belong in the final cut but the goal isn't quality, its quantity and repetition to slowly get myself comfortable with "putting myself out there" even though no one will ever read these drafts, of course. Its been a godsend, I've written more in the past couple months than in the past couple years! [/QUOTE]

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