writers block

do you ever sit and stare at the screen wanting words to appear but not knowing what to say? the curser flashes over and over taunting me. i want to write but have nothing to say. 

“writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all” 
― Charles Bukowski

i've been having a rough time these days but i don't know how to write about it. and at the same time, writing is the way i sort through what is going on in my head. 

“Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?” 
― Kurt Vonnegut

not being able to write - not knowing what to say is painful. it is, in fact, soul sucking. so i am sitting here writing about not being able to write.

“Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.” 
― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

if i sit here and i just write ... letting the words flow out of me onto the screen, eventually i will write something meaningful. or at least i will have written a series of words. 

“I haven't written in a week. It's like holding your breath under water. You feel an awful constriction and then the instinct to propel yourself.” 
― D.A. Botta

not writing has been hard for me. i have been working on this post for 3 days. and it hasn't gone anywhere. like holding my breath under water. eventually i have to come up for air - and since writing is how i breathe, i have to write. 

“Writer's block is just another name for fear.” 
― Jacob Nordby

what am i afraid of? why can't i write? 

“The best way in the world for breaking up a writer's block is to write a lot.” 
― John Gardner

so here i sit, writing and writing with nothing to say. writers block. john gardner's advice is to write a lot. so here i sit. writing and writing. eventually something will make sense. 

i hope you aren't blocked in your creative outlet. i hope you are able to come up for air and breathe. 

be kind to yourself,

xoxo

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