As creative as I am, creative writing isn't one of them.

You sound exactly like me, haha! I'm the same way, and I haven't written that many discussions like I should at all. I wanted to do article writing and then it's the same old thing..what am I going to write about, lol!

One day though, I did "google" the words "ideas to write about" or something like that and you'd be surprised to see how many articles there are to help you out. I wrote alot of them down, but still haven't done anything with it. Another reason I don't though is because my computer is sooooo old, like 8 years, and I can't even handle some of the websites because they are way beyond my computer qualifications, so I'm kind of stuck right now. At least you came up with this discussion, and see, I responded!

Writing is fun and it looks like you've managed to do over 300 discussions on mylot so you DO have some writing ability. If you really think that you want to write more but freeze up when you try to type or put pen to paper, perhaps you can try other ways of getting there.
Do you enjoy talking and telling stories? Create your ideas verbally, either talking with a friend or talking into a recorder and transfering on to paper later.
Or if you are good at making up games, either build a story around a game that you made up OR try to devise a game that you could put some characters through in a story. For example, a group of friends go on car rally or a treasure hunt where they have to solve clues in order to get to the next checkpoint.
Or do the same with crafts that you've made. Try to make up a story about how you made the craft or what the person who gets your craft will do with it. Like maybe you built a bird house that someone bought and while trying to hang it in their yard a werewolf jumped out of the tree and they had to throw the bird house at the werewolf to escape.
I know - kinda silly but sometimes that's what it takes.
Good luck

Hi yparson,

I know how you feel

I have a very creative mind, but it doesn't like to put the ideas down on paper/computer screen. I have started many times to try and write stories from those ideas, but the constant editing of what I write in order to counter the fact my laptop skips letters and whole words, means that I spend so much time backtracking that by the time I move to continue the story my mind is at the end and refuses to bother repeating itself.

I can usually do okay on mylot as I feel inspired here, but I am held back now by the fact I want to add pictures to my discussions, but I don't like to draw all that often unless in a certain mood. I guess that is my main problem. I have no end of creative ideas, I just lack the will to really sit down and try and do anything with them lol

Oh well, it does mean I value any completely creative works much more highly than I would otherwise do if nothing else lol

All the best,

Dranz

The next time you get stuck, set a timer for 10 minutes and start writing. Write whatever comes into your head. Don't worry about spelling or grammar or sentence structure. What you write doesn't even have to make sense. If at first you're blocked, write about that. You could write "I can't think of anything to write." over and over until some other thought pops up. The goal is to keep your pen to paper or fingers to keyboard until the timer goes off.

You'll be surprised how this will free your mind, and you will probably want to keep writing after the 10 minutes are up. But, don't dismiss everything you've written during this exercise, because you might find a few gems that can developed further into stories, essays, or discussions.