I’m Losing My Writing Mojo
Is this the end?
Chat GPT said that it’s a common experience for writers to feel they’ve lost their “mojo” or inspiration. I have to agree, although I tend not to take AI’s generic advice too seriously.
As writers, we romanticise our lives. We take pretty Polaroid pictures of everything with our minds, light bohemian candles, read books, go for walks, and sometimes feel like the main characters of our lives. But it doesn’t last long. It’s a transitory period, and we tend to treat it as such by writing as much as possible.
And when the creative well runs dry, it feels like the end of the world. It feels like there is no purpose to fulfil, no checklists to complete, no meaning to be made. Doubt, frustration, discomfort. We need to remember to uncomplicate our hearts, to be here, to be present, and to learn to embrace the journey all over again.
After a period of losing your writing mojo, inspiration doesn’t jump back into your life. It slowly grows back in the crevices of your soul, and your eyes regain that glimmer of hope. We’re little plants sprouting in cracked concrete again and again.
This is not the end. I’m staying the course, allowing myself to be proud of where I am right now, even if it’s scattered, chaotic, and absent at times. Even if I am feeling dreary, annoyed, and unimpressed by life.
I shall not quit something with great long-term potential just because I can’t deal with the stress of the moment.
