Could someone help me cure writer's block?

[CinnaSloth]

You're right. My first book doesn't really align with my interest or what I'm usually interested in reading. I just got that idea from a manga I read but looking at it now, I think I'll pause and continue with what I like, i.e LitRPG

I had the same issue before.. I was new to writing, and wanted a family friendly style book with adventure, and laughs, and yay! family! something I thought anyone could pick up, ...but I've never had a family friendly kind of environment, I never had the family gets togethers with dinner, and fun, and everyone's so caring about one another. I couldn't write about it. I had no experience with it, or with writing. What I ended up writing had no emotion. I, personally, hated it. Not only that, but writing it was taxing each and every time I tried to continue it, or edit it, and it had me scratching at my own head more often than actually writing it. It was incredibly stressful. and moving from IT, to something else, had me more fueled with anger, and disappointment in myself that it left me all messed up. I was discouraged. I just didn't want to write. Learning these things, for me, took much longer than most because I'm a solitary kind of person; For many reasons, not just familial. So I just wanted to pass my bit of knowledge to you. Having gone through this though, gives you insight. Eventually you'll be able to describe this moment to someone else, and offer them a moment of reprieve from their own thoughts. You know? Every skill has its own learning curves. You just learned a big one in writing.
But Despite all that.

I'd say write a bunch of things. Keep them handy. Save offline. Keep all of them within their own folders. "Currently writing", "Ideas", and "Archive". Keep stories, art, concepts, side notes, even tidbits of random information that have nothing to do with the actual story, but things that are beyond the story, the lands, the realms, the npcs. Hold on to the old stories you wrote, finished, or unfinished. They can be turned around, and used as material for newer stories you find more interest in. Characters can be recycled, plots, or locations, ideas can be recycled. You can reuse old characters you loved, and throw them back into the new story. Maybe they'll fit better than the story you originally wrote them into. Just have fun, and love what you write. What you write, you also experience along with your characters. Things you can't write about today, will grow easier to write about in the future. That's just growing as an author.
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I forgor to add,.
Just.
Goodluck.
I hope your next novel comes easier to you than the last, and I hope you enjoy letting yourself write (with a more free conscious, without the guilt), starting today.

 

[Joelle]

I had the same issue before.. I was new to writing, and wanted a family friendly style book with adventure, and laughs, and yay! family! something I thought anyone could pick up, ...but I've never had a family friendly kind of environment, I never had the family gets togethers with dinner, and fun, and everyone's so caring about one another. I couldn't write about it. I had no experience with it, or with writing. What I ended up writing had no emotion. I, personally, hated it. Not only that, but writing it was taxing each and every time I tried to continue it, or edit it, and it had me scratching at my own head more often than actually writing it. It was incredibly stressful. and moving from IT, to something else, had me more fueled with anger, and disappointment in myself that it left me all messed up. I was discouraged. I just didn't want to write. Learning these things, for me, took much longer than most because I'm a solitary kind of person; For many reasons, not just familial. So I just wanted to pass my bit of knowledge to you. Having gone through this though, gives you insight. Eventually you'll be able to describe this moment to someone else, and offer them a moment of reprieve from their own thoughts. You know? Every skill has its own learning curves. You just learned a big one in writing.
But Despite all that.

I'd say write a bunch of things. Keep them handy. Save offline. Keep all of them within their own folders. "Currently writing", "Ideas", and "Archive". Keep stories, art, concepts, side notes, even tidbits of random information that have nothing to do with the actual story, but things that are beyond the story, the lands, the realms, the npcs. Hold on to the old stories you wrote, finished, or unfinished. They can be turned around, and used as material for newer stories you find more interest in. Characters can be recycled, plots, or locations, ideas can be recycled. You can reuse old characters you loved, and throw them back into the new story. Maybe they'll fit better than the story you originally wrote them into. Just have fun, and love what you write. What you write, you also experience along with your characters. Things you can't write about today, will grow easier to write about in the future. That's just growing as an author.
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I forgor to add,.
Just.
Goodluck.
I hope your next novel comes easier to you than the last, and I hope you enjoy letting yourself write (with a more free conscious, without the guilt), starting today.

Truly inspiring. I would love to read any of your works on the platform to see.
My current work is a LitRPG, if you want you can check it out.

Spoiler: My current work

Card Monarch | Scribble Hub

 

[CinnaSloth]

oh no. The book I have here is... uh.. oof. I don't know. It's something. lol
-and my little journal isn't anything special. But if you look at my novel.. check the warning labels in the description...

 

[SirContro]

You don't have writer's block. You just feel bad that you're leaving a story unfinished.

Continue writing the story until the next checkpoint; you owe it that much, and then just stop. Don't give it a rushed ending, but also don't drop it in a random chapter. This gives you the choice to leave the story alone or finish it at a later date.