Blocked

I don't feel like writing today. But I'm writing anyway. I don't really have any "good" ideas. But I'm still writing.

That's how writers overcome "the block"

There was a quote, once, by Ted Dekker, that talked about writers block and how it doesn't really exist, and it's all in your head... And I think that's one of the biggest truths that writers have a hard time swallowing.

Writer's block does not exist. It's all in your head.

Essentially, writer's block is fear.

It's fear that your stuff won't be good enough, that your ideas aren't running smoothly enough, that no one will really want to read this after it's done so what's the point of writing.

And that's what we have to overcome.

As writers, we can't be afraid of the things we write. We have to let them flow, to let the words go where they want to go. Sometimes that means writing when we don't want to write, or writing when we think we don't have any good ideas, yes, but we still have to write!

One of the key things we need to understand is that writers write, no matter what.

I know, I've talked about that before, but the point still stands.

If you want to fight "the block" and you want to win, all you have to do is sit down and write, and ignore all the little voices in your head, telling you that it's not good enough, or that you could be doing something different right now.

Just go sit down and write, and forget that the words "writer's block" were ever spoken. They do not exist. It's just you and the paper, and you have something to say.

So say it.


I believe in you.

{RD}