Mercury retrograde

[karaline]

Does anybody know anything about this phenomenon?

I have a week off work, I've been making time to write as much as possible and it's been a spectacular failure. Usually when I'm at this point in the writing process (first draft) I can hardly get the words down on the page fast enough, but this week has been a nightmare. I've been pulling my hair out, questioning my life choices, baffled at how much easier it was to write the historical piece i last worked on, despite it being objectively a much more challenging project. I checked and i'm not premenstrual. This morning, something about mercury retrograde finishing on the 1st popped up on facebook, or instagram (can't remember where, i've lost it now).

Apparently, Mercury (the planet of communication) appears to go backwards in the sky for a few weeks. Does anyone know anything about this? Has anyone noticed it impact their writing these last few weeks? Am I completely mad to even consider this might potentially be the cause of my writers block?

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Ah. Astrology…

All I can say is that I have found recent days productive. Indeed, I have pushed out of a slump.

 

[karaline]

Ah. Astrology…

All I can say is that I have found recent days productive. Indeed, I have pushed out I’d a slump.

oh well, that's blown that theory then. i seem to be working better today anyway...

 

[TheRedChamber]

It's more likely to be that your spoiled for time at the moment. When you only have an hour available on an evening, you grasp it adn write 'something'. With a week stretching out ahead of you, you can take your time putting words down, which then leads to indecision and finally writers block...and then your free week has disappeared.

I've got a long summer holiday coming ahead of me. I'm hoping to get some writing done. I'm worried I won't though.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

oh well, that's blown that theory then. i seem to be working better today anyway...

Glad to hear it!

 

[karaline]

It's more likely to be that your spoiled for time at the moment. When you only have an hour available on an evening, you grasp it adn write 'something'. With a week stretching out ahead of you, you can take your time putting words down, which then leads to indecision and finally writers block...and then your free week has disappeared.

I've got a long summer holiday coming ahead of me. I'm hoping to get some writing done. I'm worried I won't though.

Perhaps, the odd thing is, i'm being very focused and disciplined about writing this week, and it just doesn't seem to be amounting to much (turned a bit of a corner today, thankfully)