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.
All writers experience this psychological inhibition. There may be some truth to that, but it doesn’t have to be the norm. Every time that I have sat down, either to a computer screen or a pad of paper, with the purpose of writing, I have come up with something. It might not have been on the novel I intended to work on, or a poem that I needed to tweak. It could be the premise to something new. A spark. Something that may create more magic than what I originally sat down to work on.
Pablo Picasso said, “Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.”
I couldn’t agree more. It does exist, and it will pay off, but you must put forth the effort. It must find you working.
Happy writing!
Blessings & Prosperity,
Jewells
