Writers Block

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"What to write about
when you don't know what to write about"

by Nancy Imelda Schafer - ~§pyder~
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Well... I guess the title about describes this column. Some may call it writers block. I call it just not being able to write when I wanna. The words just won't gel up in my mind. Or.. they gel up, but flatly refuse to come forth in my finger tips to the keyboard.

Stephen King said when suffering from writers block to just; "write write write, ... write anything, as long as you are writing." The scene from "The Shinning" comes to mind.. seeing Jack Torrance sitting at his typewriter typing over and over again; "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Only from the Master mind of King Eh?

RECOMMENDED
READING:

The Practice of Writing
A collection of essays by David Lodge. 1996, Allen Lane: The Penguin Press, New York. A series of essays on writers, critics and the process of writing, I found this book to be inspiring when I was suffering from the dreaded writers block.

So with that logic in mind, I set out to write something here for you to read. As you can see, I am accomplishing something.. I just don't know what exactly it is. Often when I am at odds with myself and the keyboard, I open up "Tyme Shares," and write "bits and Pieces" of thoughts. Just a mark of where I was at the moment. Seldom do I ever go back and add to it. I merely run my fingers over the scars in the words and either feel better or worse for them.

Writing to me, is a direct reflection of my state of mind at the tyme of writing. I am not one of the lucky people who can pick up and put down work at will. I generally start to write something and see it through till the end. I write best I suppose when I am either in great pain, or utter happiness. I think more so when I am wrenching in pain, as I usually have more tyme to feel sorry for myself... hence; lots and lots of writing.

Consider this... a wise man once wrote: "...Love, even when rewarding, still renders confusion and doubt... But we must force ourselves on, because it's the process itself that becomes the power of it... still not knowing where it leads. This is the general translation, an idea which inspired a desire to present it in another form...."

Hmm... that could easily be applied to writers block.

Also, consider if you will, when writers block sets in.. what is happening to you in your life at the tyme. The wise man above, caused me great times of writers block. So much so, that I did NOT want to write under the name of ~§pyder~, so I took on another identity... "T]-[É þRï§ØÑÊ®." What a revelation... all of the work that FLATLY refused to come forth as ~§pyder~ came rolling out as T]-[É þRï§ØÑÊ®. So I suppose, if you are that badly blocked, perhaps changing into the person you think you are at the tyme may help. Does that make any sense? It did at the tyme, and, I may say, after reading a few pieces of the work produced by T]-[É þRï§ØÑÊ®, I see that the words written then, helped me greatly release the problems and conflicts within. It also made me a deeper writer, in as much as I never gave myself away as far as my gender was concerned. That was hard to do.. thus... reaching to a new level

So, as you can see... if you make a pact with yourself to JUST WRITE WRITE WRITE.. something just may happen!

by Nancy Imelda Schafer - ~§pyder~
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