Tag: writer’s block
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Quantity
Write more. That’s the goal. It’s always the goal. Even when it is crap, write even more. By doing so, the hope is that through all the detritus some precious ore will be discovered. Maybe.Every morning I get up, fart around for some time, then I finally get down to doing the dirty work: writing.…
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Constipated Writing
Understanding That Thing Called “Writer’s Block” Writer’s block is consistently challenged as not being a real thing. From podcasts to books, there are plenty who argue that what writers call writer’s block is nothing more than a figment of one’s imagination. But what is that thing that the writer is experiencing then? If not writer’s…
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There are ruts…
…and then there are ruts. I’ve been in one for a while. Of course I have. I’ve ranted about it here and there on this site for over a year. It started on the heals of a long streak of writing before it collapsed after a family event. Since then it’s been quite an ordeal…
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Lubing Up
A funny thing occurred to me yesterday while I was out in the rain walking. Thought was stirred by a belief that I was having trouble figuring out what to talk about, or write about, every day on my site. Along with writing 1,000 words in fiction every day I am trying to write a…
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A Therapeutic Rant
To say that I haven’t written in a long time is not quite an accurate statement. I have written some. Mainly words have come in sporadic bursts, like a sneeze of literary gumption, where I will add words to a page and then move on to some other thing, seemingly unable to continue writing. Days…