Writer's Block Today

The best advice I have read, heard, and seen is to write whether you have achieved "the mood" or not. No matter what take the time, make the time and write. Last week I was bombarded w/ an increased work load. I have marketing, reading, research and coauthoring to do w/ no sight of the light at the end. Anyway I finally sat down on Thursday and wrote. I did some editing and found some ahead of its time notes for some science fiction. And I got some at least eight sci-fi manuscripts out to give me a boost of adrenaline. I had to appear in court to testify some musical instruments were stolen, some retrieved, all hanging over my head and non-normal stressors (never been robbed before.) The idea was I wrote anyway and for a while my focus was on sci-fi rather than the court case. It worked. Do not wait for ideal circumstances. It is very unlikely it will happen. Go where the odds are better. At the monitor, screen, whatever. Write anyway.

I got the momentum going from dead stand-still inertia. Look those physics word up. They are to be mastered w/ creativity. I like the idea of giving work to those who are essentially already at work on a meaningful activity. Work begets work. I still keep my eye on the newcomer w/ hope. It pays to work, money or not.

Another plan from N. Goldberg is make a writer's date w/ a friend at a cafe or restaurant. Promise. Yourself and him/her. So you have to show up, get there early, take the notebook, laptop whatever. You are more than likely to get some writing done whether the friened shows up or not. It works. The obligation pulls you thru.

A good writer's schedule helps too. Take three hour blocks say three to five times a week. This is YOUR time. Keep the promise to yourself. Much gain can occur over time doing this. I made a quota in 2007-8 on three sessions on Sunday like this, and three other sessions throughout the week. From sketches already written before 2007 I had 250 compositions of mostly 64 measure tunes in the end.

Writing rocks. Take time to play. Recovery of your creative self needs play. All seriousness in recovery forever only leads to disappointmnet later and burnout. Play helps burnout. Writing frees the soul, the self, screaming for acknowledgement of the writer's existence. Stake your claim. Opportunity does not knock. It knocks on the inside. Create your own job. Create. Make it happen. Doing the next right thing now gets it done. Remember easy does it. That is a modus operandi. Find your noble obligation to yourself and the community, the tribe.

Don't wait for someone to "pick you." Pick yourself. It is worth doing despite mistakes/lessons along the way. Let it begin w/ you! Happy writing and look around the website. There are some new services et cetera you might want to help or receive help. By the way the court case is going well. Thanks, T.E. McCormick