tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post4534799420734376903..comments2024-03-27T18:06:04.484-04:00Comments on Murder by 4: Writer's Block -- Can this writer be saved?Marta Stephenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14126647102399666578noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-11556913687247250262009-09-18T19:49:11.371-04:002009-09-18T19:49:11.371-04:00You are so right, Kim. If I didn't know better...You are so right, Kim. If I didn't know better, I'd have thought you were writing about me. And the solution is so easy. I just need to ask myself some basic questions. Thanks Kim!Joylene Nowell Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497637513532136615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-83621029474809903192009-09-18T08:28:45.644-04:002009-09-18T08:28:45.644-04:00Kim, super article! And I agree with you. My usual...Kim, super article! And I agree with you. My usual process is to reread the chapter I wrote the day before to get me in the "zone" and to reload the movie that's playing in my head. Even if I don't know what happens next, my characters lead me there and it's so much fun to see where they go sometimes. LOL. Thanks for posting this!Aaron Paul Lazarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117814221437165664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-83354184452597555352009-09-17T16:25:14.737-04:002009-09-17T16:25:14.737-04:00I totally agree that writer's block is merely ...I totally agree that writer's block is merely a loss of motivation. What causes this loss is beyond me. I began mulling through yet another block, just yesterday. I just don't feel like doing anything at all. I've sat at the computer and stared at it for the last hour, thinking what should I do now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-27541873053925014772009-09-17T08:19:09.179-04:002009-09-17T08:19:09.179-04:00Yes, excellent analogy! And great advice for deali...Yes, excellent analogy! And great advice for dealing with writer's block.<br /><br />I like to strike my idea repeatedly against my desk. It does kind of complicate things sometimes, since my idea's in my head... ;-)<br /><br />I think most writer's block is definitely a lack of enthusiasm and action, like you say here.<br /><br />I've had true writer's block exactly once. It lasted about two months, and it was hell. I tried to write. Sat down every day to write. And eventually, after sitting there writing either nothing or what basically amounted to gibberish, I'd be in tears because there was nothing there. Every day.<br /><br />That called for a complete break away from writing and anything to do with it. Healing was a slow process, but I eventually came back.<br /><br />That's my (sob) story and I'm stickin' to it. :-)s.w. vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102544611773720262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001825743960552008.post-72587883528484877212009-09-17T07:46:15.712-04:002009-09-17T07:46:15.712-04:00Oh man, do I hear you!!
I think for me it's...Oh man, do I hear you!! <br /><br />I think for me it's also needting to deal with everything outside the writing world. Sometimes life is overwhelming and stress can kill any creative thought I have. I find that once I have everything else sorted out, my writing begins to flow again. <br /><br />(great analogy!)Marta Stephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14126647102399666578noreply@blogger.com