Yes, it has. A few weeks this time. Let’s just say, that it has been a weird struggle for me these last few weeks, taking me much too long to get over whatever this latest problem was — this latest drought of productivity in writing. This latest bout with that demon called writer’s block (also known by Steven Pressfield as “Resistance”). I am not exactly over it, but I can say I am coming out of it.
Too great a number of times before, this type of thing has hit. Often, like this last time, it is right after I seem to stand up and claim that I’ve make some great breakthrough with my writing, where I think that I am finally going to charge ahead! And this time, I could feel it coming on even as I said it. I thought I could simply push through it. You know the advice they make to writers that the best way to get over writer’s block is to just write? Well, it is never that simple. Sometimes there’s more to it. Other demons to combat.
I am not going to go into much detail as to what is going on with me. Suffice to say it definitely is an internal struggle, a mental thing. A creative piece seemed to snap in me, and for a while, I really did feel absolutely unable to do anything creative — even when I thought I wanted to. When I was certain I could.
Now begins the slow climb. It always seems like there is another hole to climb out of. Another thing to overcome.
I suppose, now more than ever, that is the way of life. Moments will come where everything will feel great and wonderful, but it is up to us not to assume that it will always be like that, or like that for long. That’s not to say that we should be pessimistic, rather that we shouldn’t let our guard down. Creativity is a battle. And it must be fought.
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