Seth Godin once wrote in a blog post:
No one ever gets talker’s block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down.
What a liberating concept! It reminded me of a great book by Joel Saltzman, If You Can Talk, You Can Write.
Of course, there are times when it feels like the well is dry and you have “nothing to say.” But that isn’t really true, is it? You can sit down with your spouse, your best friend, or your writers group and talk about your lack of inspiration. It may be that in that expression you can find the spark of creativity.
It is the same for writer’s block, if there is such a thing.
The key, of course, is to write something. Anything. Even if it is bad. Kevin J. Anderson suggests you should “dare to be bad and then fix it.”
Still don’t feel like you have anything to write? Just imagine a topic and think of what you would say if asked the question while sitting with a panel of experts. And then write your answer.
It would be interesting to hear what you do to get past any sort of “blockage” in your writing life. Please post your thoughts below.
