@Ashton_Turner Nope, I totally get it dude. Sometimes I get a bit tired of writing Aeonian Summer, (usually during the less active scenes) so when that happens I take a break to give myself some room from the story and time to grow and process things. During that time I’ll look at the story and write a teeny bit, and after a while I’ve gotten past it and am motivated to write again. As Neil Gaiman once said “Sometimes it will take me writing ten novels just to finish one”.
I find perseverance to help a lot too. Even if I don’t feel like it, if I’ve already picked up the story, I’ll try to write something; doesn’t matter if it’s a whole paragraph or just one word, but I will at least write something.
And sometimes, story ideas just get worn down. I had an amazing crossover idea in sixth grade and wrote plans for an entire series of fanfictions with my friends! It was gonna be our big debut… but eventually, I grew tired of it. I stopped writing and left it sitting in my files; and it’s still there. But that’s okay. Writing isn’t a linear process, and it isn’t perfect either. Sometimes stories just lose that spark and go unfinished. Think about published authors; they’re bound to have countless unfinished ideas in their files!
Perseverance in writing is key. It’s okay to get tired of a story and feel like it has lost value. I felt sad when my crossover lost that value for me, but it’s okay. A couple years later I thought up something original and it became that story that I got lost in while writing it. And look; I’m still writing Aeonian Summer, aren’t I? It might be slow at times, but that’s perfectly fine. The writing process is tedious.
Just don’t let it get you down. :)) Plenty of people know how it feels.
