Not sure if this belongs in this sub-forum and if it doesn't I apologise but I'm not exactly sure where else to put it. It could qualify as a sort of writers block since its stopping me from writing.
I've been having doubts about my creativity for about the last year or so and I thought I had gotten over it but apparently not. It always rears its head when ever I read something I really like and then I just get frustrated that I couldn't think of the idea myself. And now never can because I've seen someone else do it, so even if I have an idea like it, I can't help this doubt that it's not going to be from my creativity but just because I've seen somebody else do it first. Which feels like a failing on my part.
I know all about reading what others do and write to help you grow as an author and learning from that. And that all authors take inspiration from others ideas just as I'm sure these writers did before writing the pieces I like. I can talk over rational ideas and logic till I'm blue in the face. It still doesn't help shake this doubt.
Am I just being too hard on myself? Is this just a worry that has become lodged in my head? I'm really not sure anymore and could do with an outside perspective on it I guess. Thanks for listening,
White.
I've been having doubts about my creativity for about the last year or so and I thought I had gotten over it but apparently not. It always rears its head when ever I read something I really like and then I just get frustrated that I couldn't think of the idea myself. And now never can because I've seen someone else do it, so even if I have an idea like it, I can't help this doubt that it's not going to be from my creativity but just because I've seen somebody else do it first. Which feels like a failing on my part.
I know all about reading what others do and write to help you grow as an author and learning from that. And that all authors take inspiration from others ideas just as I'm sure these writers did before writing the pieces I like. I can talk over rational ideas and logic till I'm blue in the face. It still doesn't help shake this doubt.
Am I just being too hard on myself? Is this just a worry that has become lodged in my head? I'm really not sure anymore and could do with an outside perspective on it I guess. Thanks for listening,
White.