The Notorious Writer’s Block

My Mom had tough time hiding novels and magazines during the exams. I would not spare any book, so famished was I that I would borrow books from my friends and steal from the library.

Somewhere around those times, I found that I could write as well. My essays in English were a favourite among the many English teachers who had taught in my school. I was capable of imagining out of box ideas and pen them together to make something interesting and worth reading.

For a writer to write, it means that he or she needs to read a lot too. I have always found that it helps when I read and read more, there is a constant need to update my vocabulary and treasure it. Words need to hit at the right moment, thoughts need to be processed to transform thinking into an artistic piece. It is analogous to any artist’s artwork and craftsmanship that transforms banal words and phrases into poetry or fiction.

Believe me if I had to write nonstop without having a vacation, it will make me mad. The vacation can mean anything – a short break listening to my favourite songs, watching movies or plain idling. The leisure can be in fact a good exercise of the hibernating brain. It is about how to use it for good when you resume writing. You will be amazed to find plots thickening into brain, unborn stories unveiling during the break. 

It is said that it is easy to write on topics that you are interested in. Once in a while try writing on subjects that you are unfamiliar with, you might create a masterpiece. There is so much hidden inside that rarely gets a chance to pop out, you ought to give the mind a break. Write something that you have never dreamt of, write poetry or an arbitrary column in the newspaper, or a magazine article that comes out effortlessly.

Don’t force yourself to write, once in a while let things go airy and awry, write casually and perhaps you can knit those trivial things later. Try to blabber, be vocal, dictate a speech or shout out a commentary. Record and repeat. Unplanned deviations – they can create beautiful manuscripts.