Grr.

[outsdr]

I've had writer's block for all of 2016. I haven't written a column all year. I've been sending off old ones to the newspaper that they haven't ran before, but I'm out of them now.

I don't know what's wrong. But I'm trying to get over the hump today. I've written a little over 400 words that I don't really like and I keep needing to force myself to go on instead of walking away in disgust. The humor isn't coming out funny; it's coming out mean. And it's the tiniest of a thread of an idea to work from, but it's all I've got.

Honestly though, I feel like I've reached the point where if I don't write a column this month, I won't write one ever again. And I'm not ready to stop yet. I just wish there was more blood in this turnip.

I'm even involving a little whiskey to see if it helps.

Comments

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

Maddening. If you're blocked on columns, maybe try writing something else? I always thought you've got a hell of an autobiography in you.

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

I like that advice ... if I can't write what I want, then write what I can. Eventually, something good has to come out of it.

I hope.

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

No writing is ever wasted.