So I took this helpful creative writing course over the summer on fiction writing. I picked up some tools about how to outline a story so you don’t end up rewriting it a god awful amount of times.
But Ive found myself stuck in the sense of … I have the general idea of what I want to happen but not the details? Not the exact how or getting from one scene or plot point to another in a logical way. Idk. I used to feel so creative and now that seems lost on me.
I’ll keep at it and I do have an accountability friend who will keep writing with me now that the course is over … it’s just hard to feel like you’ve lost a part of yourself.
I used to be able to make a story, blog, or poem about literally anything in my day. Now I just feel sluggish and uninspired. Sigh. Hopefully that’ll turn around.
Good day to you all.
Nat
Eternal Ocean of Words 
I promise you it’ll come back. Don’t force it. Don’t pressure yourself to do it. Let your mind wander and day dream on the subject whenever you feel like it. Play with it in your mind. Then when you like an idea write it down :).
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When did you finish the course? You should give yourself a good break, creative energy gets exhausted. Give your mind time to process what you learned.
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I TOTALLY get how you feel about plotting. I too am fed up of writing myself into a corner as a pantser, and have taken to outlining before beginning my manuscripts now.
But it’s so much harder to figure out the plot and details when I don’t actually dive into the story. My compromise is that I use the ‘tell a friend’ method.
So I just write down what I think will happen as if I’m telling a friend. I also try to make it a paragraph-style outline instead of bullet points. Those usually help. Anyway, wishing you all the best!
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