Writer's Block

Writer’s Block: the perfect conclusion to settling a busy mind, a busy life and busybodies. We’ve all experienced days of recurring madness and workplace drama. Our children bombarding us with luckless request of things we can’t afford, or they shouldn’t consider owning, borrowing or requesting. The nerve! And finally the gall of the human mind, which won’t shut up, right when we’re retiring for the evening from the hectic chores of life. So, yes the block, “we,” writers experience can actually be a blessing. It gives us the divine opportunity to just take a “say-cation” Well, “say-cation” is our right to say what we mean, and mean what we say and not worry about conjuring up think-clouds of grammar for the next article, blog or anything remotely connected to writing, well outside of writing a check, or signing permission slips for our school-aged kiddies.

Writer’s block can also be rephrased as, “writers blocker.” Basically, when a writer is in the process of writing a short story, be it fiction or nonfiction, there’s always a slim-shady chance of lookie-lous searching for unfinished or finished manuscripts, or bless-their-hearts they just want to encourage progress or offer a novice suggestion, or even secure a “look-see.” Well, that’s my take on the matter. I’ve yet to start writing my “tell-most,” autobiography. Thank goodness. I might also mention the above forementioned lines of conjecture are just...that.

Anyway, in conclusion to this recent writer’s...block, I would like to bring out this last point of reference. There should never be a “topic-less,” day for a writer, or a journalist, especially. There are ka-zillions of noteworthy and disturbing topics which plague society every minute of the day. There are mountains of inspirational, or satirical articles awaiting the right dash of sass, or grammatical tenure. Ode to the writer suffering from the ghost of blank stares and hovering phalanges over plastic keyboards, or writing utensils remiss of touching paper. Unfortunately there’s only too few remedies for writers suffering from the infamous block. I would, however, like to offer kudos to those authors who have answered the call to entertain the masses with New York bestsellers, and those investigative journalist who swear to report the truth and nothing but the truth. Long live words, and long live a mind willing to take a break from the written word; every now and again.