Writer's block, an owner's guide: Sometimes a pause is just a preparation

In The Good 5c Cigar (would I make this stuff up? -click it and see) Patricia Spears Jones says “don’t call it writer’s block. Call it life.”

Exactly.

Writers need time away from the page, time to let ideas come, time to let things develop. Other creators show that much respect for their work: why not authors? If your “friends” think you are idling, let them (or do something else at the same time).

And if we really knew this, we would not believe in block, and then we would stop worrying about it, and then we would write.

Published on November 17, 2006 at 11:25 pm. Linking to this article? Thank you! The permanent address is http://www.todayiwrite.com/journal/sometimes-a-pause-is-just-a-preparation.html