I've felt this before, and I have two things that helped me that may help you. First, I tried to take a break from writing, or even just writing different styles, something completely different from what I would otherwise write. The YWP challenges are really helpful with this. Another thing that I did, related to this, was to focus on drawing and other forms of art. I'm not much of an artist, but it's still really fun and I find myself getting into it really easily. Hope this helps, and by the way I really like this piece!
It's so stupid. I also notice it in public middle school, you can literally draw lines between the "cool kids" and the "not cool kids". I find that it's better in the private school I go to part time but still there are some unspoken rules that I tend to follow about who can be friends with who.
"Acceptance Before Change" is this week's featured written piece on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Everybody can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
"Over the Valley" is this week's featured visual art on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Everybody can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
The search for identity is a never-ending quest! But it sounds like you already have a grasp on who you are, who helped shape you, where you come from, and where you want to go -- that's so much more than many of us can say, truly. I also found this piece so wholesome, reading the positive attributes you assign to your friends, family, and yourself. Keep questing!
I love reading about other people's nostalgia, nostalgia as a theme... it can be as universal as warm cookies from the oven or a cartoon we all watched, to something as pointedly specific as this, the rainbow suds of a car wash you used to go through with your parent, sibling, or significant other; you can read this poem in a few different ways. No matter who the speaker is referring to, there's a pronounced innocence to this piece that shines through and tugs at the heart.
Thank you so much for enjoying my writing <3
And yes I’ve been trying to find better methods to get me back into writing, I’ll take your advice into account :)
I've felt this before, and I have two things that helped me that may help you. First, I tried to take a break from writing, or even just writing different styles, something completely different from what I would otherwise write. The YWP challenges are really helpful with this. Another thing that I did, related to this, was to focus on drawing and other forms of art. I'm not much of an artist, but it's still really fun and I find myself getting into it really easily. Hope this helps, and by the way I really like this piece!
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Thank you so much for reading! I’m glad you enjoyed it. :))
It's so stupid. I also notice it in public middle school, you can literally draw lines between the "cool kids" and the "not cool kids". I find that it's better in the private school I go to part time but still there are some unspoken rules that I tend to follow about who can be friends with who.
"Acceptance Before Change" is this week's featured written piece on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Everybody can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
"Over the Valley" is this week's featured visual art on vtdigger.org, up now in their Life & Culture section. Everybody can check it out now, here! vtdigger.org/life-culture
The search for identity is a never-ending quest! But it sounds like you already have a grasp on who you are, who helped shape you, where you come from, and where you want to go -- that's so much more than many of us can say, truly. I also found this piece so wholesome, reading the positive attributes you assign to your friends, family, and yourself. Keep questing!
I love reading about other people's nostalgia, nostalgia as a theme... it can be as universal as warm cookies from the oven or a cartoon we all watched, to something as pointedly specific as this, the rainbow suds of a car wash you used to go through with your parent, sibling, or significant other; you can read this poem in a few different ways. No matter who the speaker is referring to, there's a pronounced innocence to this piece that shines through and tugs at the heart.