{"id":414,"date":"2020-10-31T16:54:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T21:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wowfall2020.londietmartin.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2020-10-31T16:54:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T21:54:54","slug":"its-not-always-writers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wowfall2020.londietmartin.com\/?p=414","title":{"rendered":"It’s Not Always Writer’s Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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For years, I\u2019ve been under this illusion that every time I’m having trouble writing, it is known to all as the disease called “Writer’s Block.” I have tried and tried to find the right approach in beating it. I have tried to figure out what I\u2019m doing wrong in my attempts, and I have ended up with something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stood, walked away, and I never saw him again. I told myself I didn\u2019t care, but…<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Backspaces aggressively*<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told myself to care, because I felt sorry for\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Backspaces even more aggressively*<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tried to care, but who was I kidding? Shmerlohgulkinshburgh dsgch WHAT IS THE REASON FOR MY FAILURE?!?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s what the beginning of a psychotic breakdown looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was in the past year or so that I realized what I was doing wrong. I didn\u2019t have writer\u2019s block. I was being blocked from writing, but it wasn\u2019t for lack of creativity and imagination. It was from ineffective working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow me to shed some light on the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the Robinsons (2007)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I thought the most ideal place for me to write would be where I am the most comfortable. In the woods, maybe at the lake. Just chilling out, sitting at the random picnic table that nobody knows from where it came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guess how that turned out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For starters, I rode my horse there. She didn\u2019t like being tied to trees \u2013 and kids, don\u2019t try this at home \u2013 so I ended up sitting on my horse while she grazed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you say…DISTRACTION? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s an obvious no-no: horses are for riding on, not writing on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a less obvious no-no, for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I drive to the lake. I set up a nice little area at the picnic table. I try to type for five minutes, and I actually get BORED of writing! I feel like I\u2019m wasting away behind a computer because I\u2019m not soaking in the sun, and I\u2019m not watching the geese in the water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despicable Me<\/em> (2010)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s my tip for the young writer without an office. If you have trouble concentrating, even in your happy place, try the place you\u2019re most bored with.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, my ineffective writing was caused by distraction, right? After I fixed the problem, I could finish my blog…yeah?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why not? Oh, I don\u2019t know. Maybe because when a person sits in their bedroom, typing and trying to force an idea to show up as a masterpiece on their screen, they burn away the one calorie from that one bag of trailmix they had for a snack, and now they\u2019re about to die of starvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, really. This was a moment of truth. I was dying, but did I choose to get up and get myself food? Heck, no. I wasn\u2019t finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took me a while to realize my hunger was the problem. I ended up researching factors that affected concentration, and an article by Dr. Julie Schwartzbard, MD is what I found. In her article, literally titled \u201cFactors That Affect Focus and Concentration,\u201d she listed hunger right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One might think I\u2019d have realized that on my own. It\u2019s tough to figure everything out for yourself, though. That\u2019s why, as growing authors, we like to stick together and pick advice and encouragement off of each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God knows, we\u2019re too squirrel-brained to go it alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moral of the story: don\u2019t ignore mealtimes, write where you\u2019re bored, and don\u2019t type while you ride a horse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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