Feeling Blocked

[Sebbi]

I'm really hoping this is normal. I've heard that many bands, during the middle of recording a large project they can't create. I'm am actually desperate to write a song at the minute but can't bring myself to.

I have been spending so much time trying to hit the big green button when it comes to relationships, and I have finally managed after 2 years of trying. Now what goes and happens, the other person hit's the big red button just when it's going so well.

I need to write a song. I need to express her what is going through my mind, because words, in their normal form, don't describe things well enough. There's a David Ford lyric that goes "I'm stuck here in Godknowswhere with a mouth full of words, but they just sound like noises if you say them too much"

I'm really sorry to unload - this was meant to be a post about (song)writer's block and now it's gone somewhere completely different.

Yeah - normally I will not write anything for ages, and then suddenly there'll be a torrent of material and then another quiet patch. This time the quiet patch has been going on since March.

Oh screw this - I'm going to phone someone. I'm really sorry to unload. If anyone has any tips on writer's block please let me know. Ignore the personal stuff, I think a thread of writer's block could be really good.

Much Love
Sebbi

[Rowan CedarWolf]

Sebbi,
I think the personal/emotional stuff could be whats causing your block. You need to unload! Take out a note book or a pad of paper and just let everything out, just start writing, anything, it doesn't have to make sense, it can be only a word here and there sentences are not needed, let out your emotional and personal stuff, once you let that out your creativity will start to flow again. I feel that you are experiencing this writer's block because you are trying to keep your emotions inside when they so desperately need a vent. So let them out and see how it goes. as for an ear or shoulder you can e-mail or PM me anytime.

[Zenon]

Sebbi,
I think the personal/emotional stuff could be whats causing your block. You need to unload! Take out a note book or a pad of paper and just let everything out, just start writing, anything, it doesn't have to make sense, it can be only a word here and there sentences are not needed, let out your emotional and personal stuff, once you let that out your creativity will start to flow again. I feel that you are experiencing this writer's block because you are trying to keep your emotions inside when they so desperately need a vent. So let them out and see how it goes. as for an ear or shoulder you can e-mail or PM me anytime.

That's a great remedy.

Besides that, it's taking a break from it for a certain period of time.  Else, you will burn out, and that would be a waste of time and energy.

[Sebbi]

Thank you very much.

What's frustrating me is I seem to have, on top of everything, lost my ability to vent. I used to be so good at it. Now whenever I try to express what's bothering me I can't quite fit things into words and end up feeling frustrated and cut off. Which in turn adds to everything and it's a vicious circle.

Much Love
Sebbi

[Anonymous]

Take a deep breath, Sebbi, close your mind off to everything and picture what relaxs you most.  Do something you love to do other than music, maybe that will unblock all that is jammed up in you. I have been writing a fiction book for the last year and I find that when writers block attacks me, it helps me to just get away in my mind. Hope this helps you a little bit.   BB

[Rowan CedarWolf]

Maybe you need to find a new way to vent? Or possibly, this works for me personally anyway, I go camping for a weekend, just to get back in touch with nature and myself, just  to get away from it all when I come back I feel refreshed and can look at things from a new perspective.

[Sebbi]

I'm liking the camping idea actually. I did plan that one at one point but it fell through - if I wasn't so tight on cash I really would. One thing that's annoying me is that I feel a bit like I've exhausted every possible venting route at my disposal.

I have written songs
I have performed in plays
I have made midnight phonecalls
I have tryed the good old notebook method
I have attempted (and failed at) painting
etc
etc
etc

A change of tack would be nice actually.

Much Love
Sebbi

[RedRonin]

Sometimes the reason one is blocked when trying to be creative in such a situation is because they're too close to it.

Maybe something as simple as a step back, a deep breath and a double shot of tequila will be enough to get the flow going.

[Fillionous]

Are you sure that you are not getting into the cycle of trying TOO hard?

You want this so much, so badly that it is all you can think about and the stress of that is what is blocking you from actually flowing.

Yes a change of tack, or a delibarate few days away from it all. Hard to do, but stop trying to make it happen, getting fretted out because it is not, digging yourself into a circle of expectations. Slow down, there is time enough for everything. And it will come in its own good time.

A little prayer to the Devine, the Muses or which ever Gods insipre you may not go amiss either.

Good luck
Be bright, be bold
Fillionous