writer’s block

Here is a subject you can’t write about when you have it, yet you need to write about to get rid of it. Any way I came in here to write, but nothing was coming to mind. Then I thought to myself, “wait a minute that’s it, writer’s block, I will start writing about that and then just keep rambling on”. Writer’s block can be caused by so many things. Stress, too many other things on your mind that nothing is coming out clear. Procrastination, thinking of some really great thoughts and telling yourself you will write them down later. The trouble with this one is, later you forget the thoughts. Apathy, almost the same as procrastination, although with apathy you don’t plan on doing anything about those thoughts. How about doubt? You may doubt any one is going to read it so why write it? Maybe you doubt it is good enough to print. How will you know if you do not write it down and test the waters. Here is a big one for ya…time…a lot of people feel they are pressed for time and therefore do not have the time to write things down. So let us review the reasons for writer’s block. You are STRESSED about life, because you PROCRASTINATED away your TIME and plunged into an APATHETIC state of DOUBT, so you believe no one will want to read about it. Sometimes, all you really need is a proverbial kick in the pants. Get in there and just start putting your thoughts to paper and see what comes up. At first it might all seem like one big solid mess. The nice thing about typing things down in a computer, instead of a typewriter. You can move the cursor back and forth and change or add words as you may see fit. Eventually all the gibberish can make sense if you wish it too. Sure, some times you have to re-read and re-write, do you own editing if you will. You can make it all come together and flow just the way you want it to. Maybe, you are afraid your point of view is to in-depth to understand, and that your readers will not get the drift of what you are trying to say. Maybe, you are afraid you may make it too lengthy. You believe a lot of people do not want to read something that is going to take too much of their time. My response is this, if they do not understand it, but are interested in you and your thoughts they will ask you. This would be the kind of conversation that could very well break you out of your slump and spark more writings. Besides, it shows that someone is interested in you and what you think. Hey…there goes the doubt. The stress is usually relieved when you start writing things down. Of course apathy is done in by any kind of action taken whether you actually post it or not. As for the procrastination, we will take care of that one tomorrow. I think those are my thoughts for now. If I think of anything else, I will give some thought to writing them down. Well I would love to write more in here, however, like I said in the beginning I have writer’s block. thanks for listening….or…..reading…..whatever