Random Talk : Screw you Writer's Block...

There are a lot of things I hate in this world, and I am sure that most of you will agree with me on the things that I hate. I can list them all and you will all agree with almost all of them. But the thing that I hate the most is something that is a foreign concept to most people. No, it isn’t some obscure disease which affects just a few people in the world, nor is it something downright weird.

The thing that I am referring to is the “inability of a person to produce creative pieces of work even when everything is conducive for the production of said work, but for the life of them the person doesn’t know why they can’t produce that work.” In short, this is commonly called “Writer's Block”

Maybe I am exaggerating, or maybe I am being too over the top, but somehow I have grown to hate writers block more than anything in my life. What makes it so bad is the fact that you don’t have any idea when it will strike. And most of the times, when it does strike, it strikes in conditions which are conducive for your writing process.

I don’t have really high expectations about the conditions that I need to write. I just need a quite place, and an uninterrupted stream of thoughts. But a lack of stress and compulsion goes a long way towards making me more inclined to write. That and I must not be lazy. Here is the thing though; I have been having great conditions for around two weeks, and I didn’t write one single paragraph before yesterday’s post.

I honestly don’t know how writer's block works. All I know is that I will have a great idea, I will have all the time in the world, and I will sit staring at the computer screen not having typed a single word in the past hour. It’s just a weird feeling, having all these amazing ideas but this complete inability to express them in words.

It is also very frightening. It feels almost like I have lost my grip on the language. What good is language if you cannot use it to articulate your thoughts as they transition into words? What good is having a vocabulary of the top four percent of U.S White collar workers, if you can’t find a way to express your feelings using those words?

The thing about writer's block is that it is tough to explain it to others. People who aren’t involved in creative writing or any creatively intensive process will find it hard to comprehend. Sometimes, my dad just can’t compose music even though he is great at it. The same applies to another friend of mine. It really is a very difficult thing to experience. But like everything else in life it too will pass. It may take a few days and even weeks, but the block will break and everything will flow properly again. I have found that deadlines help too, but I think that is just a personal thing, sort of like how some people work better under pressure.

Honestly speaking though, I have no idea why I am writing this post. It is just a side effect of having a lot of things swimming around in your head without having any way to expresses them. That being said, I do hope that you have a good night, day or afternoon and I will see you in my next post.

Peace!!!