So, long story short, I've been struggling for a while now with trying to revive my muse for writing on Chaos (And in general).
I'm an avid gamer and movie fan, so naturally, I've tried to use those to fuel my muse but to no avail. I've always enjoyed writing on Chaos, and this feels really foreign to me as I can't seem to find the motivation to write for characters that I'm interested in developing.
I feel quite isolated in this issue and so I guess I thought I'd see what works for others who, like I used to be, are fully engulfed in the beauty of RP here in this community.
Any suggestions or answers would be appreciated. I miss having that love for writing and hitting that F5 waiting for replies lol.
Stop writing altogether and do something else for a while. Eventually you get some desire to do something again and you use that as your starting point. I've taken over a year off from writing before and came back with arguably better ideas than I had when I left or any time before then, though I don't think a whole year of just not logging in is really necessary.
Alternatively (or in conjunction with), write allegorical characters/storylines. I made
Darth Mori as a character to serve as one. While I find that anything which affects the "hidden message" behind the story can
really impact your will to write in a very challenging way to come back from, they're a lot easier to write without feeling real burnout from doing "too much" too quickly with them. You also sort of have that feeling like you're writing a deeper story than normal, though maybe that's just the first couple times, so it makes it feel a bit more fulfilling. If the thing you're making an allegory to is really deeply personal you also have the bonus of having that constant motivation to continue writing because you're always going to have that inspiration there.
I also try as hard as possible not to tie a character to another one or a faction because then I am at the mercy of other people, and my relationship with them or that group can introduce volatility into my desire to write. This is different from having a go-to writing partner for a character, and has more to do with stuff like turning a character into one that exists to serve a function or role rather than being able to exist without that other person/thing/place/people/etc. Like if you're writing a Sith that you basically built into being the Sith Emperor or whatever and then that empire goes down, if you can't write that character after-the-fact because so much of their character
is the faction then, to me, that is tying that character to that group - ditto if you write a character that is so attached to another character that if the other writer stops writing them or with you for whatever reason and it tanks your ability to do things then you're doing much the same thing.
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