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Q&A Writing Style Changed [closed]

After the death of my cousin I have stopped writing for quite some time. However the stories ideas would persist in my mind. So I decided to try and write again, but whatever ideas I have. Turn int...

0 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Sarah‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:16:09Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/17340
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Sarah‭ · 2019-12-08T04:16:09Z (about 5 years ago)
After the death of my cousin I have stopped writing for quite some time. However the stories ideas would persist in my mind. So I decided to try and write again, but whatever ideas I have. Turn into tangents or worse, become depressing. I have been trying to rewrite a story (the original, was deleted) but whenever I try to, it's like... I used to describe my desire to write with, "I write because I cannot breathe" but now my writing seems stunted. The words don't flow, they muddle and any ideas I have seem fine for one sentence, but when written or combined together with another. They become fake or seem too eager.

How do I write again?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-05-19T14:01:30Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 2