#write badly

Because here's the thing — writing IS hard. It's fucking brutal! You'll sit there and type out the same sentence like five different ways and they all suck! It's demoralizing! But this idea has helped with so SO many roadblocks in my writing over the years. Call it "elfing," call it "the underemployed ghost writer" call it "the pretend your drunk method," whatever helps. But listen to this bit of advice (I've started the video at the relevant spot but the whole thing's actually pretty cool; Cregger is not my kind of writer because I'm a wimp who hates horror BUT he's got some good ideas and when they're not HIS ideas, he does at least admit that. Which seems to put him ahead of the game, doesn't it?)

Lastly, I intake a lot of art. Other stories or art or music can really inspire me. Sometimes I’ll seek out work adjacent to what I’m working on and really think about what I loved about it, and what I’d like to do in my own work. I think an artist can’t run on empty, so filling my tank with others creative ideas can really help me feel excited about creating!