Writers Block
Anne Lamott says on page 176 of Bird by Bird “ There are few experiences as depressing as that anxious barren state known as writer’s block, where you sit staring at your blank page like a cadaver, feeling your mind congeal, feeling your talent run down your leg and into your socks.”
Well, as I speak I am experiencing a block. I usually don’t have a problem writing about something. Mind you, it may not be good writing, but it’s writing never the less. This week it has not been so easy as I skimmed back over chapter 4 and 5 of Fox, and Lamott. Nothing struck me as something I could write a great deal about. I even looked back over last weeks dyad literary experiences and there was nothing there that I thought would be interesting or that I had not talked about already. I think writing is very much like a roller coaster where you get these incredible spurts of energy, and you write, write, write. Then you get these periods where you have to write something, but you just can’t conjure up something. I am not sure if its block, or if I am being a bit of a perfectionist, and need to get just the right subject, but here I sit. Lamott suggests that your not really stuck, but perhaps empty. I am empty of thought right now after a tough week of procrastination, deadlines, and finally a flurry of writing activity. This was unfortunately the last thing on my plate for the week, and I pushed it off. Lamott says just write something. What does that mean? Just put random, in coherent thoughts on paper. Does this snap you out of it? The rest of the chapter did not provide any other clues to jump start yourself, so with that, I will hope for better things next week.
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