by Cristina Olvera

Created on: October 21, 2010

Writer’s block is a cruel and evil entity that strikes out of nowhere and leaves you staring blankly at the computer screen.  All of your ideas were there just a minute ago, but now your mind is blank and the frustration levels are growing by the second. I’m experiencing writer’s block right now as a matter of fact.  I thought that maybe writing about it might break the cycle.  We’ll see how well this works.

Writers have faced writer’s block at some point in their careers.  If there is a writer out there who has never had it I would personally like to meet them and find out their secret.  I would like to believe that I would be a millionaire already if I never had to deal with the frustrations of writer’s block.  Okay so maybe that’s a little out there, but still my career would be at a much higher level.

I’ve spent countless hours staring at the screen on my laptop trying to make this idea in my head jump out into words on the computer screen.  I allow myself to get distracted and then my inability to think clearly overwhelms me.  It’s a vicious cycle that at some point I must learn to break or I’m never going to be the writer I’ve dreamed of being.  I know deep inside that I’m a good writer, but sometimes I don’t feel that it shows in all of my work.  I feel like I let the stresses of my life interfere with my talent and it all goes bad after that.  I believe stress is a big factor when it comes to writer’s block.  I can usually spit out a couple hundred words for one of my blogs when I’m stressed, but when it comes down to an actual story or something that needs to be researched I’m blank.

I’ve given up on a lot of projects because of writer’s block and I shouldn’t have.  I’ve had so many good ideas that I never allowed to go anywhere because I let the curse get in my way and stop me.  Writer’s block may be evil, but it’s not impossible to get passed.  The best way to cure writer’s block is to keep writing.  It doesn’t have to make sense or be about anything specific. Just keep writing.  After a while you’ll feel the stress and frustration easing up and you should be able to continue on with your original project. This has worked for me a time or two.  I hope it’s working for me right now.  Does this make any sense?

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