Bawwwwwwww stomach aches ;_; Advil PM knocked me out so badddd.
So I realized why I can't write as much as I'd want to.. or need to.
1. I never give myself the time to fully.. open a topic for myself. I'd have the idea in my head and just let it float around until last minute and never completely finish it.
2. I feel like I don't have the ability to give proper support or information to the topic I wish to write about. Which goes back to number 1, I don't give myself the time to research.
3. Lately, I've been overwhelmed by a number of things. But today, at last minute, I have been relieved of certain things (in exchange for terrible stomach aches). So sorry for such delay.
Besides lack of time management and stress, I believe number 2 is my biggest problem and it always has been. I'd always find lovely topics that are of my interest, but wouldn't know anything about it. It's very troublesome and frustrating for me. On top of that, if I were to get any information on it I'd feel like it wouldn't be enough. I assume I'm just a picky person like that and in order to write about something, you'd have to know a lot about it. But that shouldn't be the case. You should be able to learn as you progress, yes?
I guess what I'm trying to say is that in order for me to comfortably write about a certain topic, I'd have to experience something that could possibly link to it or just know a hell lot about it.
Like physicist is to string theory as neurosurgeon is to brain tumors.
I don't even know if that made sense..
I wish I didn't have to write about this, but I guess it was good for me since writer's block has been nipping me in the ass. I originally wanted to write about Andrei D. Sakharov and his amazing contributions to nuclear physics and human rights.
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You're missing an angle on this problem. It sounds like you think you have to KNOW TONS, and only then can you write. That is sometimes the case, but more often it's the other way around. You write about your QUESTIONS, things you've found so far, piece by piece, UNTIL you know tons.
ReplyDeleteString theory is a perfect example. Nobody knows all that much about string theory, even the guys who study it full-time! Sure there's a lot to learn about it, but there are vast open questions about how "strings" or "superstrings" actually work that nobody has answers to. Should that stop you (or anyone else) from writing about string theory? Obviously not.
I hope this is making sense--if it doesn't, let me know somehow. The good news is that the careful analysis you're doing on your own blocks is, in the long run, an important part of getting past them.