tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post3573105569251071197..comments2023-06-12T17:08:36.320+01:00Comments on How Publishing <i>Really</i> Works: Writers and Depression (Part II)Jane Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-81095467637485257682008-07-02T05:35:00.000+01:002008-07-02T05:35:00.000+01:00that is really interesting post - thanks for shari...that is really interesting post - thanks for sharing, i love to hear how the brain works through these thingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519912440753252776.post-10900680394327434322008-06-24T19:46:00.000+01:002008-06-24T19:46:00.000+01:00Artists are similar in their tendency to depressio...Artists are similar in their tendency to depression/manic depression, but not, on the whole, composers or musicians, I don't think.<BR/><BR/>Although fortunately I don't suffer from bipolar disorder, I have had periodic bouts of depression. This made me feel that anything I did was pointless, including my writing, so there seemed no point in even trying. Ideas dried up and caused what I suppose some would call 'writers' block.'<BR/><BR/>It would be interesting to see whether those writers who claim never to get writer's block, either have a different idea of what it is or don't suffer from depression. They say you should just get on with it and stop being precious, which is fine except that when I do write when depressed what I write is turgid and unoriginal.<BR/><BR/>I also do have very infrequent periods when I can write in quantity but I don't think that's a 'manic' phase - it's merely an absence of that crippling sense of futility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com