Writing as a form of venting

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    Have you ever used writing as a way to vent pent up emotions? Whether it be a bout of depression or a hardy bit of anger that leads you to writing out a murder mystery where you're the murderer trying to figure out who the detective is, have you ever used writing as a way to vent?
     
    Oh all the time. My blog is filled with emotion filled inspired writing. My friends can tell of Legendary rants. When I've a mind to, I can post up massive walls the likes of which even some members? known for that skill can't match.

    Of course I've done that less and less as I've aged and settled out. But I can still deliver a giant mountain of my mind if I feel strongly enough.
     
    I can't accurately say it's a consistent method for me to vent, however I do know it is somewhat influenced by my mood. Along with that, it tends to change my mood ironically. A good example of this is writing emotional or sad scenes. While I do the dialogue or scene I see it play in my head like a movie. And sometimes I do tear up a little. Same goes for happy, raging, insane, dark, and wonder scenes. I guess writing is effective on my mood in an influencing sense.
     
    Nope. I write to express my story concepts, not to vent. I'll just scream into a pillow if something gets me real angry, I guess.
     
    I often use writing as a way to vent when I get stuck on a certain emotion such as depression, fear or anger. A lot of times when I write Gunpowder I use the anger I've been holding back to try and intensify my writing, doing to the characters what I secretly wish I could do to those around me. While other times I let out my fear and uncertainty of the unknown into short stories to try and comfort myself with my own words to varying degrees of success.
     
    I get why someone would do this..i do it sometimes as well. Because sometimes i need to say stuff and vent out. Anyway, there is this website called blahtherapy. com that allows anyone to vent out or listen to other people vent and just so you know, it's not strictly hardcore therapy there and you can vent out stupid stuff too. So in case someone needs to vent out. I would recommend that you check it out.
     
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    Yes, definitely, lol. That is why I try so hard in my writing -- so I can deliver precisely what I'm trying to convey or else it is not quite as cathartic, lol. :)
     
    Sometimes. I mean, I use a lot of my experiences and such in my stories as well. I usually try to use some of my emotions and such to make it a lot better. It's not always easy though because I have other things to do at the same time. @_____@
     
    Well... this is a pretty unusual question for me, lol, due to my tendency towards online interactions meaning that technically, most of what I say is what I write. That said, however, in terms of actual storycraft, I attempt to avoid writing with too much emotion in mind since... honestly, I feel pretty mindless when I get emotional in hindsight, and I feel such mindlessness would easily tear apart (almost) any narrative I bring forth.
     
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