Comments on: Writer’s Block

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:32:00 +0000

Maybe reading?

I find I'll start reading something and then put it down because inspiration has struck...

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:10:00 +0000

Chocolate, I’m thinking, is a must. Am still waiting too, and I thought I might attempt a short story, just to try something different. Probably impossible though…

By: Stephanie Newton

Stephanie Newton — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:34:00 +0000

I’m having the same problem, Jackie. I know it’s probably the point in the book (ch 5) and stress and all the normal things that make it hard to write, but not writing still really stinks…

The cure, I think, is just battling through it. Eventually, you’ll get to the other side. Praying that’s true this time…it always has been in the past. 🙂

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:42:00 +0000

Yep, it's the waiting that's the culprit, Suzanne. I should have got used to it but now but seemingly not.

Certainly, thank God for people's blog I say! And definitely chocolate. Speaking of which...

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:38:00 +0000

Waiting to hear back about your revisions and waiting for your chapter to appear will be playing havoc with you. I think it’s understandable that you can’t concentrate.

My method for coping with writer’s block? Well, blogging, reading other people’s blogs, commenting on other people’s blogs, wasting time sending bits and pieces into magazines, and yes, the chocolate…the result of which is that my ms sits forlornly waiting for another draft…aaargh.