Trying to regain writing skills I lost after a writing hiatus [closed]

Edit: I'm confused what I need to ask so this question can be taken off hold.

• I'm looking for help on writing descriptive language. (it no longer flows freely in my mind like it did in the past.)

• Adding a sense of humor. I'm told that my newer stuff is lacking in that and not as fun to read as the old stuff.

I had a long post of what led me to this point but I guess it can be summed up to I was able to think and write more coherently in high school than I can now.

I'm not fully sure how that happened. I guess anxiety and depression got the better of me after I became an adult and I can't write as well as I did. I am hoping this is a problem that can be resolved.

Based on feedback I got from my friends and family:

• I need to regain the ability to use descriptive language. I can occasionally describe a scene and use descriptive language. In those paragraphs where I did that, I get favorable responses, "Now you need to do more of that." (back then it flowed naturally. This time I have to really work to get the description.)

• I need to regain a sense of humor. The themes I find now as boring and trite, over the top and slapstick is what seems my readers like about my older work. The problem I have is getting back into that mindset. It feels forced vs. it being natural.

Now I am trying to get back into writing description and add a sense of humor without it feeling forced or driving me to lose interest.

(P.S.) I want to tag this subject "writing after hiatus" or "lost writing skills" but I am not allowed to tag with under 150 rep points. If someone would like to add those tags, that would be great.

posted about 7 years ago

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