Writers may come in different sizes and shapes, different genders and genres, but there is always one thing in common: writer's block. It's terrible, it's annoying, and it tries to ruin your life. OK, maybe not that last one, but still! Here are the stages of writer's block and what they mean:
1. The Procrastination Period
This is one of the worst parts about having writer's block. You are sitting at your computer, staring at your screen and you begin to have the will to finally start working on your writing assignment. You open a new tab, start searching for things on the topic you chose to write about, but then you get lost in time and before you know it five minutes later you're either on social media or youtube. #ProcrastinationAtItsFinest
2. The Substance Abuse Period
Don't worry, this is not about real substance abuse, but rather about food, music, social media... Basically you're saying you'll take a little of something, but before you know it you're a fridge deep, 20 minutes into picking a song, re-sharing FB posts, re-tweeting your own thoughts and re-playing snapchats. #RT
3. Finally Having Inspiration
The lightbulb finally goes off in your head, and your idea is amazing. You end up writing for about 18 minutes, furiously I might add, you're just going and going, but then you stop typing and it leads into this next phase. #OMG
4. Re-Reading What You Just Wrote
You lose train of thought, so you decided to read over what was just written to see if you can think of anything else from there, but then you slowly start having an eye twitch, and realize you wrote a lot of words, yet none of them make sense. #CriesInternally
5. Erasing EVERYTHING
You pull a move as if you were in a movie, throwing things off the desk, screaming and erasing aggressively. After you have erased what you just wrote... and every other piece saved on your hard drive, you then sit and there and start questioning life. #RealTalk
6. Mental Breakdown
Yup, that last one kind of set a burning flame under the butt of this stage. This two-paged paper you have to write (third world problems I know), it will be the death of you... okay not likely, but it will cause you mental anguish the more you stress over it. #ICantEven
7. Officially Crashing
Congratulations, you have worked your brain so hard that you just knocked out. You have just spent the past two hours trying to get that writing started, and all you have to show for it now is the drool dried on your face. #LiterallyEw
8. "It Doesn't Matter... Okay It Does"
You're up and sulking, you're now battling your conscience about whether or not it is worth it to do... slowly we all figure out that it is usually always #WorthIt.
9. It's The Final Countdown
Hold on, that dead lightbulb you got going on there, it has a small spark coming back to it. Eureka! You've got it! You breathe, suck it up, and go to town before the deadline in order to make that award winning piece your [you know the word]! #Winning
10. Free at Last... Repeat Later
You finish that assignment, you get it in, and you feel this overwhelming sense of freedom and joy... until you realize you have to do it all over again. However, for writers, this is one of the many joys to their job. Even though it's talked about so much as if they hate it, they secretly cannot wait for the next week to do it all over again. #ISeeYou
