Sometimes I pick up my pencil with enthusiasm, eager to write. Words flow from my mind and my pen effortlessly traps my thoughts and feelings on paper. Other times, however... my mind goes blank. No ideas or stories bob to the surface of the water for my fishing-pole-pen to catch. My family knows when I am experiencing writer's block. Nervously, they watch as I pace and roam the hallways of my house.
"You okay, honey?" my momma asks.
"Of course not!" I snap, "I can't think of anything to write about. HOW CAN I FUNCTION WHEN MY IMAGINARY BOOK CHARACTERS IN MY BRAIN REFUSE TO TALK TO ME?!"
My momma pats me on the back and points to the tea jar. "Relax Abby, they'll start talking soon."
When I cannot figure out what to write, I have some tea. I pace, read, or paint my fingernails with nailpolish. Or I simply gaze avidly at nothing.Or, like now, I write aobut not having anything to write about. My pen scratches out complaints, it groans beneath my unproductive hand, until.... POP!
I have an idea!
I shall go and write about that now instead.
Arggh! Writer's block! One suggestion is to keep a random list of topics, events, memories, etc. in a jar. When you can't think what to write about, you pull something out of the jar and force yourself to write about that. But then, a cup of tea, painting your nails, reading, pacing - they work, too!
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