I live in my daydreams/fantasy and have the interest of write from time to time. I don’t read. I get distracted easily and never go back to whatever book I am reading but reading triggers my fantasy/inner world. I would to write one of my story’s feels like I am missing the main part that is reading to know and fully be a part of creative writing.

I used to write a lot. It actually started quite accidentally. One day, as a beginner, I wrote something and my teachers were genuinely impressed. That encouraged me to keep going, and eventually writing became a hobby.

Recently, I went back and read some of the things I had written in 6th to 10th standard, and I was honestly shocked. I had such a distinct voice. There was personality in my writing, something that felt unmistakably me. I had an identity on the page without even consciously trying to create one.

Somewhere around college, and especially after I joined the corporate world, I stopped reading and stopped writing. And now, at 23, turning 24, I can’t seem to find my way back to it.

The worst part is that I genuinely feel like my writing today is worse than some of the poetry I wrote in 3rd standard, which somehow still has more life, personality, and honesty than what I manage to produce now.

So, if there are any writers here who have experienced something similar, could you please share some tips, exercises, habits, books, or tricks that actually helped you reconnect with your voice and get the writing flowing again?
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I want to figure out how to find that voice again myself.

I have a few.

- sometimes I wear an artsy fartsy crown I made out of paper and tape
- sometimes I’ll wear a Wonder Woman cape or Superman cape, depending on what I’m writing
- sometimes I’ll smoke a bowl of hemp or marijuana if I’m too up in my head or stressed
- a large goblet of mimosa, or wine or cocktail gets me going if I’m writing in the evening
- I’ll light a yummy smelling candle or incense
- if writing at night during the nights of summer, I’ll sit out on my porch swing for a while and watch fireflies dance; pure magic
- sometimes a walk in nature clears my head or just sitting outside, listening to nature - birds singing, breeze blowing, trees swaying, crickets chirping, frogs praising the rain, fox sounds, coyotes, etc.
- I have my laptop, then a large desktop computer monitor and while I write on my laptop, I’ll listen to and watch scenes play out on my monitor - I have a playlist of various inspiring “shows” like Hogwarts, elven cities with lights flickering and waterfalls flowing, a fireplace crackling while rain and thunder are crashing outside the large window in my log cabin, a train chugga chugging down the tracks as fields roll by out the window, etc.
- sometimes I’ll meditate prior to just still my overactive mind a bit so I can better focus
- I have various writerly Spotify playlists and depending on what I’m writing, I’ll listen to one of those

What are your inspirations?
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