Writer’s Block is Back

It hits me again. The blank page, the cursor winking at me. Thoughts in my head swirl, but no stream of coherence comes out. I grab this idea, to free write about writer’s block. Is there a solution? What makes nothing something?

Perhaps it is not a lack of topics to write about. Maybe it is because there are too many ideas buzzing around. Is there a cure? I’ve had a bad case. I think I can write my way out of it. What happens if I write through that door?

Writer’s block occurs when a writer is stumped. Creativity comes to a halt. The muse takes a vacation. The cat swallows up the ideas before they make it onto paper. Whatever metaphor one would use, it leaves the writer at a loss for words. (Pun intended).

So how do we fix it? How do I recover from the writing blahs? I do a few things. I give it a rest if I do not have a deadline. I just let it go. I do have a return date in mind. Sometimes I come back, and it flows. My theory is that my brain is still cooking ideas on its backburner while I am doing other things. At times I read for inspiration. It gives me insight.

Writer’s block does pass and when it does, ideas flow freely again. Sometimes I come out with poems like the one below.

Ten blank thank you cards
on the floor in a bag bought
in July. It’s May.