http://suvudu.com/2009/08/the-writing-life-i-dont-believe-in-writers-block.html Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games Fri, 25 May 2012 16:34:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://suvudu.com/2009/08/the-writing-life-i-dont-believe-in-writers-block.html/comment-page-1#comment-7355 Rene Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:32:36 +0000 http://wp.suvudu.com/2009/08/the-writing-life-i-dont-believe-in-writers-block.html#comment-7355 Great post! I think one problem writers have is that writing is a solitary profession with periods of extended social isolation. We become self-involved. We convince ourselves there is something magical about writing. And when you are unpublished, you have the luxury of indulging in things like writer's block. Writer's block is avoidance. Its an excuse so we don't have to admit that what we are working on isn't, well, working. Its easier to go play another 12 hours of World of Warcraft than it is to spend time tryin figure out what's wrong with our manuscript. Great post!
I think one problem writers have is that writing is a solitary profession with periods of extended social isolation. We become self-involved. We convince ourselves there is something magical about writing. And when you are unpublished, you have the luxury of indulging in things like writer’s block. Writer’s block is avoidance. Its an excuse so we don’t have to admit that what we are working on isn’t, well, working. Its easier to go play another 12 hours of World of Warcraft than it is to spend time tryin figure out what’s wrong with our manuscript.

]]> http://suvudu.com/2009/08/the-writing-life-i-dont-believe-in-writers-block.html/comment-page-1#comment-7354 Shawn Speakman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:33:10 +0000 http://wp.suvudu.com/2009/08/the-writing-life-i-dont-believe-in-writers-block.html#comment-7354 Yes, yes, yes!!! Glad someone else is saying it. I've written on this subject several times on Suvudu. There <i>is</i> no such thing as Writer's Block. It's a scare word writers use to rationalize their own fears -- or explain them without sounding whining. Writer's Block has become a dramatic -- almost mythic -- "disease," one even non-writers know about, and it's become a scapegoat for unprofessional writers. I feel quite strongly, most of the time, Writer's Block happens from the writer not knowing where their story is going. It can <i>sometimes</i> be attributed to a sentence not coming together just right or a paragraph not coming together just write, but more often than not it is simply not knowing the story or characters well enough before writing. My two cents, anyway. So no, no petulant seven year olds here! Just a curmudgeony 33 year old who cuts no one any slack! Yes, yes, yes!!! Glad someone else is saying it. I’ve written on this subject several times on Suvudu. There is no such thing as Writer’s Block. It’s a scare word writers use to rationalize their own fears — or explain them without sounding whining.
Writer’s Block has become a dramatic — almost mythic — “disease,” one even non-writers know about, and it’s become a scapegoat for unprofessional writers.
I feel quite strongly, most of the time, Writer’s Block happens from the writer not knowing where their story is going. It can sometimes be attributed to a sentence not coming together just right or a paragraph not coming together just write, but more often than not it is simply not knowing the story or characters well enough before writing.
My two cents, anyway.
So no, no petulant seven year olds here! Just a curmudgeony 33 year old who cuts no one any slack!

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