A Writer’s Boredom
Boredom…..a disease that strikes just about anyone who does repetitive work for prolonged periods of time. Boredom can strike anyone and writers are no exception. Well, in short….yes, I get bored with writing too. My fingers uncharacteristically ache whenever a thought or reminder dawns on me that the time has come for me to….well, tap out, yet, another article on a subject matter that is of no concern to me as a person or individual.
But tell that to a website designer and the designer can tell you the same thing. Yeah, it gets boring.
Here’s where a writer’s sense of responsibility and capability comes in. As much as I, sometimes, feel the dislike of having to delve into a topic that is off my tangent, I remind myself that this is my job and I have the heavy responsibility of delivering whether I like it or not. My preference is of no concern to the client. They are depending on me to come up with articles or web content that makes sense…but most importantly, makes them money.
So, I counter the attack of the boredom with creative writing. A sentence at the top of my head can actually spur a lot or ignite a fire that dimmed when I am trying to fight off the feeling of jadedness.
Reading and writing outside of the scope of work is an extremely important aspect of keeping the fire of passion (for writing) alive in us. Creative work is often that demanding. The same goes for people who act, do voice-overs, perform on stage, give powerful speeches or dance.
As a writer, I sweep my boredom aside, my own personal longings into a closet or under a carpet so that I can focus. But not before I delve very fleetingly into something that I love doing. Like blogging, like now. 
I write a lot of fiction as well….short stories, long stories, an inspirational paragraph or an outline of a story. For more or less twenty to thirty minutes every day, I open these up and add to them whenever I feel boredom strike.
Then after that, I close the ‘drawer’ in my mind and reconnect with my work. Let’s face it, if I were to let boredom dictate my work as a writer, I would be delivering crap to all my clients from time to time and honestly speaking, I can’t afford to do that.
No, let me rephrase that….I refuse to do that. I value my work and the integrity that I stand for more than anyone can ever imagine. I fought way too hard to establish myself to let all of that slip away. It takes but only one simple mistake to lose the trust that I have developed and earned from my clients.
So now that I’ve dealt with the issue of boredom, it’s time for me to get back to work.
Boredom, I’ll see you again tomorrow. For now, cheerios!
May 29th, 2009 at 7:52 am
It is difficult sometimes to get your momentum as a writer. You want to write something but don’t know where to start or you may need to write something but cannot think of anything. Sometimes you just get sick of doing the same old thinking over and over again. Maybe one should try writing about something outside his or her comfort zone. This could help with the boredom problem.
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