Writer’s Block

Hi Fellow Bloggers,
This post is about writer’s block…. I want to start this off by saying that I don’t get writer’s block. I in fact do not believe in it. As one writer to another I say this to not talk you down if you feel as though it is true. I saw it because that’s how I personally feel. I want to set up a scenario and see how you feel after it. Then you can see if what I am saying holds any truth for yourself.
The reason I don’t believe in writer’s block is isn’t realistic. We as writers are pushed into situations where we have deadlines. That puts pressure on you. That can cause you to feel like you are writing because you have to not because you want to. Anytime that happens to a person it can cause you to shut down. People who paint, play an instrument, read, or even teach have the same issue. When you feel forced to get something done by a certain time it staunches your creativity. Which puts you in a box that box suffocates you into thinking you have writers block. When really all you have to do is get up from that judgmental table, push aside that judgmental piece of blank paper/empty word document, and do something else. Go eat something, take your kids out for a walk, play a video game (my decision), get lost in something else so much so that the story, poem, or script, finds you… instead of you trying to find it.
Block is defined as- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do often caused by emotional tension. Which to me means that you aren’t necessarily “blocked” you just don’t feel like writing. SO what? If you don’t feel like writing then don’t. I have never in my life had writer’s block nor will I ever. There are times when I feel I should/need to be writing because of a deadline, but I actually feel like writing. That just means at that moment in time I just don’t have anything to say. Not that I am block. I just don’t feel like writing. Then there are times where I could go on a writing marathon. I just can’t stop. Either way I know when it’s time to write and when it’s not. During those not times I catch up on the things that I neglected during my writing binges. I hope this gets you closer to understanding why there’s no such thing as writer’s block… to me.