For a period of my life I was expected to express my thoughts and feelings within a certain limit. Ever since I started writing for college, for Odyssey, and regular ‘ole writing I’ve been in a major roadblock. I’ve been thinking that the cause of this is mainly because I have expressed myself too much or I’m not creative enough. In any case of writer's block, I realized that it is not because of the lack of ideas, it is mainly a quick break from expressing our thoughts.
Having writer's block mainly feels like my head is empty and have no concept of anything at all. My mind seems like a whiteboard with scribbled ideas with excess erasure marks around them. During these times I would come up with the most random possible articles I could think of just by looking out my window. I almost published an article called “8 Thoughts Every Squirrel Goes Through Before Winter” or “Why Plushies Are Better Than A Relationship”. Most of the time I come up with my articles from personal experiences or experiences that people around me wanted to share. Another key point that makes this hard is if our article is entertaining enough or worthy enough to be read.
As my college career goes by, I am expected to write even more papers. With that it has made me feel so drained in which at one point I couldn't speak at all. I've expressed myself through papers, articles, tweets and text messages but in real life my brain felt fried. Although I’m in this predicament in which I am verbally losing my words, I realized that I enjoy the silence. With silence my thoughts can roam freely and my mental state is improved.
Writer's block is overcame through motivation and sometimes you can overcome it in the most random situations. I learned to keep my thoughts and ideas handy. Keeping a journal or even the notes app on your phone are useful. Usually I would ask friends and family members for tips and ideas on what I could write about next. They motivate me to write these articles and remind me that it's okay to ask for help. Having writers block is only a stage in which reminds us that we are human and our brains need a break. As frustrating as it may seem, the most brilliant ideas for an article always comes up when you least expect it.
