What to read if you're feeling (creatively) alone
You’re not, so let’s see what we can do to help.
Good morning wordicorns and scribblers,
Today we’re focusing on the feeling of being alone in your creativity. Often writing—art in general—is a solitary thing (at least the initial part). Even when we are in a writing group, we do a bulk of our work separately.
So what happens when you start to feel sad, alone, depressed?
We’ll talk about how we personally cope with that many times over, probably. There’s no one way to do it, after all. But there are a lot of voices in the world. Let’s hear from some of them.
We hope at least one of them makes your journey as little easier.
Articles/essays of interest
As if reading our minds before we wrote the article, someone wrote a short post called, Are You Creatively Lonely?
What to do when you have no support system (7 things) talks about types of support systems and strategies for finding them
And one more about support systems—Manage stress: Strengthen your support system
In case you’re just having trouble finding the words, here’s an article on 7 Ways to Ask for Emotional Support
Ever thought of having an accountabilibuddy? The What, Why, and How of an Accountability Buddy might get you thinking
A list-style article with 10 reasons why you should join a writing group
Masterclass talks about How to Find a Writing Group, should those 10 reasons sound good
Some sweet stories about a writer’s group
And final thoughts on what a writer’s group could look like on an episode of the podcast Writing Naked.
Bookmarking this for future creatively lonely days, thank you!