According to Merriam Webster, writer’s block is a psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece. What that psychological inhibition is could be a myriad of things. Fear. Embarrassment. Self-consciousness. Hang-ups. The reason I find most fitting is laziness.
For the most part, I have shied away from the term writer’s block. I feel like using it is saying that I feel comfortable in not writing. Since I wasn’t able to produce any words today, I’ll blame it on writer’s block. When a month passes by and the word count still hasn’t moved, I must have hit rock bottom on the block they call “writer’s block.” I almost get the feeling from fellow writers like if I don’t experience “writer’s block” I am not really a writer. And if I do experience it, I should receive a hearty pat on the back, a reward for making it into the big leagues.
You browse the bookshelves, pick up a book, put it down, pick up another, put it down. The cycle continues until something catches your eye. Your eyes glisten with interest. You read the back. Interested. You open to the first page of the story. Interested. You flip through [...]
(I apologize for the bunching of this post. Not sure why it looks like this.)
I am sure many of you have heard the quote: “Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today.” More than likely, there are plenty of things that we can do today but if they don’t get [...]
*Sorry for the late post, I put the wrong time stamp*
Earlier this year I entered my first writing contest. I entered because it sounded like a challenge. The contest was to write a story with a discernible beginning, middle, and end in 300 words or less. I read through the previous winning [...]
What is up with people these days when it comes to running a business?
Not long ago I went to my website to make sure it was running as correctly. Hmmm, wouldn’t you figure … it wasn’t. Now, my site has gone down twice (that I know of) and both times, I [...]
That’s the question I have been asking these random voices popping into my head lately. I feel like Haley Joel Osment in the Six Sense, running from the voices – or ghosts in his case – to a place of solitude. But just like him, I realize that these voices are people with [...]
I have never really cared too much for labels. They are too restricting. To be placed inside a box that tells me who I have to be and what I am able to do is not the type of life I’d like to live.
I feel the same way in regards to writing. [...]
Every day, not only are more and more authors popping up on the scene, publishers are coming out of the woodwork as well. Along with both, I am noticing a disturbing trend: Professionalism has been thrown out the window.
I cannot tell you how many author and publisher websites I have been to in [...]
Recently, while perusing blogs, I came across a post that said, “Readers are bored.” Without hesitation, I quickly agreed with the author. It seems as though the masses is in such a rush to say, “I’m a published author,” that we neglect to tune in to our own voice. I can’t tell [...]
You are at a club with your friends. At the edge of a bar sits a not-so-attractive man. He falls a few degrees short of what you consider acceptably approachable. You join your friends in making jokes at him as he attempts to buy drinks unsuccessfully for several ladies. You all [...]
