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When Writer’s Block Strikes
ONE OF THOSE DAYS
If you’re a writer, you’ll know what I mean when I talk about “one of those days”.
The days when writing seems to completely elude you and you feel like you’re trapped and frozen with nowhere to go and nothing to turn to. The kind of days when you want to write, but the mere thought of it terrifies you, because you don’t feel like the words will come. You feel like you have nothing to say, and even if you did, it probably wouldn’t be anything worth reading anyway.
INNER CRITIC
This, is your inner critic talking. This is the culmination of all of your doubts and all of the things that knock your self-confidence.
The truth is that you can write. You do have something to say, and it is worth reading.
DON’T GIVE IN
The truth is that the very worst thing you could possibly do is to give in to the block. Because, one day will turn into two, and two will turn into a week, and so on, and so on.
The difference between a successful writer, and a wannabe, is that they showed up and did the work. They ignored that inner critic, and persevered with writing, even when the doubts flooded in, and when the muse went on strike.
