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Q&A How can you write when you're upset?

Writing is where I run to, from everything that upsets me. I read the last scene I've been writing, from the beginning, and by the end - I'm in that moment, I've found my focus, I can proceed from ...

posted 6y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T09:58:53Z (about 5 years ago)
Writing is where I run to, from everything that upsets me. **I read the last scene I've been writing** , from the beginning, and by the end - I'm in that moment, I've found my focus, I can proceed from there.

Sometimes I channel frustration, anger, pain, disappointment into my writing: the story demands them all. But it is actually easier for me to write those emotions when I'm separated from them - when I can poke them and observe them, not when they threaten to overwhelm me. When they are not mine, even while being mine. I guess, in this way, writing helps me deal with stuff, though that is not a primary goal.

And if all else fails, I go and read a bit of a good book I've already read. Something to help me calm down, something to inspire me, but not something that would hook me. _The Master and Margarita_ is a particularly good choice: it's about a writer, it serves as a great motivator to write.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-10-18T22:22:43Z (about 6 years ago)
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