Saturday, September 15, 2007

Blogger's block

I have nothing to write, no inspirations no epiphanies no eureka moments. But yet I feel obligated to do so. As a blogger I am duty-bound to update from time to time, if not for others' then at least for my sake. I have been quite busy lately; with no time to sit and think and write something. I cannot just sit down and put my hands on the keyboard and come up with something interesting/exciting/worthwhile. I cannot just select a subject and write a thousand words on it. I need time, space, and quiet. No wonder writers sometimes lock themselves up in secluded places for months and years on end. When you are alone and away from the chaos and madness of everyday life it must be so much easier to concentrate, to think, to look at things in a different perspective. Barely two months old and I feel I am running out of steam. The novelty of blogging has worn off a bit, but if I want to be a successful blogger/writer I have to continually reinvent my thoughts, my ideas, my imagination, my point of view; I cannot let my mind run off in the same direction everyday. I have so much to learn, especially when it comes to writing. Like how to refine your grammar and expand your vocabulary. How to be a better story-teller and keep your readers captivated. How to make them come back for more. How to be more creative and inventive. And so on. It's a big world out there just waiting to be explored.

5 comments:

  1. Sidney sheldon wrote "What it all needs to be a writer is someone with a broken family, a pen and a paper" I believe he doesn't mean that literally-but what he tries to put it with those lines would mean that One needs to think, sometimes feel so blue which could make your story so captivating.

    Don't worry dear, you captivated me. I'm a prisioner to your blog :D

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  2. thanks a lot. i also agree that pen, paper and an active imagination is all it takes be a writer.

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  3. I know the feeling...writers' block. Maddening but nothing you can do about it. And sometimes I just get fed up of the whole blog schmog thing and go underground for ages. My advice to you is don't feel like you HAVE to write sth. I mean eventually you're not writing for anyone except yourself.

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  4. who need a wing of poesy? Well you think therefore you blog.. so think hard and blog them down :-)

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  5. J, I think that's quite true; at the end of the day I am the only one who cares what I write, that is if I write anything at all.

    sawmte, I think therefore I blog, but at times I don't think so I don't blog :)

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