Lately I am realising a very disturbing fact.
I don't know how to write!!
For sometimes now I have been trying to put some ideas together
Envision a story.. a plot.. a character.. a places!!
But nothing is materializing in my brain.. just scattered ideas that doesnt hold on together and make something coherent.
I am a storyteller, or that's what i used to be... but for years this skill has been diminishing due to my attempt to run and hide from some aspects of my reality... i run to the colorful world of the games and social media... where i shut down my brain and receive only... do whatever needed mechanically...
My soul is dry
and i don't know how to revive it
My imagination is depleted
and i don't know how to replenish it
the storyteller has no stories to tell
I thought of prompts... I thought of writing competitions... I thought of just writing the flashes that hit my mind from time to time
But the problem is, I only think and think only... I dont move things to the next phase... ACTION
I am tired... emotionally, physically, mentally exhausted
sometimes I tell myself, writing is your safe haven... where you can be somewhere else... where you will be someone else... just let it flow and you will not regret it
just let it heal you
just let it strengthen you as it always did
write a story, any story... a silly story... a sad story... a love story... a crazy story... just write a story... one little story... it will be the key to the rusty gates of your mind
I am very good at writing feelings.. very deep feelings... feelings that one can whisper to oneself.. how about character, place, plot line?
"It is a beautiful day outside, sunny with a little chill... delicious silence engulfing the space, melodies flowing around, make the heart aches with ecstasy... there... sitting... thinking... writing... dreaming... what is going to happen today? does it matter?, does it really matter?... just indulge in the moment... steal the rare beautiful moment from the ugly face of life"
Just feelings... no character, no place, no plot
My Strange Idea for the Day
I am a Storyteller without Stories