Loss of creativity

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Fri, 2005-03-11 11:51

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Loss of creativity

Im so bored sat at college, awaiting the impending doom that I will receive in a few ours when I receive my A-Level results. the results on which the rest of my life will be based and fall around.

Im just not bothered. Energy has sapped from me and I just want to go to university - Swansea Uni to be precise - the one with the beach and "vibrant" atmosphere - so I read in it's prospectus!

But, the one thing that I'm really worried about is my recent loss of creativity. I no longer have time to write and its sad. I need to write but I can't - writer's block seems inevitable - but will this pass? I can't be sure... the most worrying thing being that this is what I want my life to be involved in - writing - my one huge passion. Whether the talents there is matter of opinion.

Just thought I'd get it 'off my chest' and mull over it...

*slumps in chair*

*gloomy look...ponders*

Fri, 2005-03-11 12:03

fergal

<> First thing first, that is a myth perpetrated by people who want you to do well, but it isn't true. I did really crap in my A levels, dropped out of Uni a couple of times, did other stuff, (I was even a 'Little Chef' for a while). I got a first class degree when I eventually did mine. Second thing: you'll write when you've got something to write. There's this whole thing about people should be writing every day. But there are loads of things in life we have to do all the time and writing shouldn't be one of them. You write because you love to write, not because you have to. Third thing: Enjoy this time! This is your life, and if you want to write, write, and when you're not writing, live and do things that you will want to write about.

Fri, 2005-03-11 12:37

Emma

Get out and live - engage yourself in everything that takes your fancy, take some risks, burn the candle...and your creativity will be back before you know it. This time can become very burdensome when you are using your brain so much with exams and planning your uni future etc, it can lead to a 'what's it all for' feeling...well - that's when you need to re-engage in some fresh aspects in life and get some variety in. Never make comparisons - Oscar Wilde was absolutely right - they are odious...don't look at another time in your life when you were more creative and hanker after it - move forward, you are developing all the time and there is nothing compulsory about the way you do that, as Fergal's story illustrates. All the best! Emma

Fri, 2005-03-11 13:06

1legspider

There are other ways to be creative other than writing.

Mon, 2005-03-14 10:13

on...off...

Cheers you guys...

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