Writing

I haven't been writing anything lately. For some reason I just can't seem to get past my writer's block. I have come up with a few ideas but nothing concrete has been written down. I feel like a slacker but what can I do if I don't feel inspired. I don't want to force it, I would like it to flow naturally. Unfortunately I don't think "natural" is going to come anytime soon.

I was talking to a writer friend of mine and he basically said that he forces himself to write no matter what. He even if what comes out is horrid at least he is trying to get the story in his head out. I can understand that, but I guess I am just a little too afraid of failure or sounding stupid to just write whatever crap comes out of my head. I have always been a little too much in my own head for my own good. So sounding stupid is one of my biggest fears. I know, I know, silly but true none the less.

Writer's block...

Grrrr...

I have been working on my book for about 2 months now. I really don't have that much written, but seeing as how this is my first venture into the writing field, I didn't think that this would happen over night.

My biggest problem right now is writers block. I am trying to figure out who my main character is and what kind of steel she is made of, but every time I go to sit down and write I spend hours just staring at the screen not writing anything. I did that maybe three times. I felt like it was a complete waste of time. So instead of me going to the computer to try and write something anything I just find something else to do. Its very frustrating. I want to be productive if I am going to write, and I don't want to write crap, so for the last two weeks I have been avoiding it.

So last night as I was going to bed a small idea hit me and I started to write. I mean really write, like with pen and paper. I wrote three small pages and could have kept going if it weren't for the late hour. I don't know what the difference was but I hope that the writer's block stays the heck away.