Writers block is a crutch used by many of us use to make up for a lack of concentration, a lack of commitment, a lack of motivation. Many artists require a muse to create, a writer is an artist what is stopping them from finding their muse, for most it is a mental contamination known as writers block. Some would consider it a disease others consider it an excuse for laziness; those people don’t understand that writing is in fact a mentally exhausting career, or in the opinion of many, a career at all. When a writer reaches the point at which their brain can no longer grasp the words they wish to express they often give up far too quickly, it is due to this abruptness to hault that many writers claim sickness in their head. Jason Zebahazy once said that “Writer's block is the greatest side effect of boredom,” a very true assumption in my opinion, as one can assume those who reach the point of writers block are no longer content with what they are writing. If you are interested in the piece at words will pour out, as blood and guts do from those dying in horror films. Interest is the key in overcoming boredom.
If a Baby learning to walk were to give up the first time they fall down, we would resultantly still be crawling around the earth on our hands and knees. The ability to overcome writers block is simple; Get up and try again. If we mentally stop ourselves from moving forward we are obviously going to be at a standstill, Consider this, stop your car at a light and turn it off; logically you are not going to be able to proceed when the light turns green. It is the responsibility of the writer to realize that there is nothing wrong in their head, there is no reason that the words are not coming, they are literate after all, or else they wouldn’t be in this career. In the very unluckily event that you are now saying to yourself, maybe I am illiterate that could explain why I can’t write, STOP! You are obviously quite capable of reading this article, therefore illiteracy is not your issue. If you are at a standstill, don’t give up, simply pick up your pen, or turn towards your keyboard and change the subject of your writing to something that interests you.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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