A while ago, I got started on a writing project that I actually liked. I'm not going to get into the story right now, that's not the important part of this. The important part is that I stopped writing at some point.
I guess my mental health issues had a bit to do with it. And I've been struggling to get myself writing again. So, I started a journaling project, a little bit every day, just to get myself writing again.
Somewhere in this process, I got an idea. Why not start interviewing my characters to see if I can learn more about them? Each entry has been written as a conversation begun with a different character.
At first, I did learn a little about the characters in question. But today, I learned something about myself. I decided to tell tonight's character that I was the writer. He took it well, and refused to ask for details about the plot. He did have a question for me though...
Why haven't I finished?
That caught me off guard. Yes, I know, I'm writing his lines. But it still caught me off guard. I thought about it, and answered him honestly. And that's where I learned something about me.
I told him that I've lost my voice.
No, not my literal, speaking voice, but my creative voice. Somewhere along the lines I think I lost it. But I do believe that this crazy little experiment of mine is a good start on the process of finding it again.
