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When You Just Can't Write

Is it cliché to write about writer’s block? Probably.

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When You Just Can't Write
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As I sit here writing this very sentence, I am consumed with writer’s block. Seems a little cliché, huh? I agree.

I’ve been racking my brain for the last week thinking of something worthy of writing about or waiting to feel so inspired by something. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of things worthy of writing about in the world right now, but I have yet to feel that I could do any of those topics justice at the moment.

At this point you may ask, where is this going? I am asking myself that same question. I figure, the best way to overcome writer’s block is to simply just write. Write about writer’s block, write about not knowing what to write and most importantly, write about how it’s not the end of the world or the end of a writer’s world I should say, when you fall into the deep, dark abyss that is writer’s block.

Writing is the greatest thing in the world. It can also be the worst thing in the world. Some days you will string together some words that are so incredibly profound, moving and enlightening. Other days, you will stare at a blank screen or blank piece of paper hating everything about what you’re doing. Unfortunately, today is the latter. But that is OK.

This doesn’t mean that I’m not passionate about writing and by all means, I am not going to stop writing, but rather today, I just won’t produce something that will propel me toward greatness or something that will inspire others. I’ve come to terms with that because really, that’s just how life is -- some days are unbelievable and others are dull.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that you can’t give up when you hit a road block, in all aspects of life, not just writing. Don’t immediately quit something that you once loved because it gets difficult or you wake up one day not wanting to do it anymore.

You don’t have to love something so deeply or feel passionate towards something every single day of your life because well, that’s just pretty unnatural. But what you can’t do is give up. You don’t give up the things you love right away, you just don’t.

If you came here thinking that you will be getting some tips and tricks to overcome writer’s block, I apologize because I don’t seem to have that. In fact, if from reading this you have some ideas about how to get over it, then I would love to discuss them.

But for now, I will continue to read, write and live my life, knowing that this is a road block that can be overcome in a snap, I just have to continue to live with an open mind and not succumb to quitting.

As a matter of fact, writing about not being able to write has already made me one step closer to finding my way back over the hill.

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