I've been hit hard with writer's block lately. Its painful, not contagious, but I am unaware of a cure. I've been afflicted for the past several weeks, so I am hoping the end is in sight....
I used to go to bed at night with hundreds of ideas floating through my mind. I'd always make a mental note and tell myself I would jot down the ideas when I woke up the next morning. Somewhere in those precious 8 hours of sleep each night, the ideas themselves would drift away...far away. Now, I find myself with more time on my hands, I'm up later at night....and the ideas are still away....far away.
So, every night, (almost every night) I sit with my lovely new laptop....I have Sex and the City on DVD playing in the background....and I stare blankly with little to no ideas on what to write. I keep SATC on for different reasons. One, Carrie is a writer, so I think of her as my muse. Two, during quiet and/or lonely times, those four ladies have become dear friends of mine - they keep me company when my thoughts can't.
My thought is now that I have acknowledged and written about my condition, Writer's Block...I've accepted the condition, stared it straight in the face...and now I am ready to move forward...with the writing and not the block. Stay Tuned...