Writer's block, an owner's guide: Writer’s block; sealions
Did you notice, imaginary reader, that I’ve been quiet for a few days? (1) I’m trying to summarize Kellogg’s “Psychology of Writing” for you, and it’s overwhelming (2) I don’t believe you’re reading this anyway, certainly my web logs still show that most of my readers are spiders, so if any humans are following along you must be using a non-html feed and I’d welcome your feedback (3) but mostly, real life got in the way. How can a Scottish boy write seriously when the sealions are playing in the surf at Malibu?
The presence of an audience is not essential; the sense of an audience is, but I have that. The main effect of not having thousands of fans clicking on my sponsors’ ads is that it limits the hosting and the blog-software and the other geek-toys that I can buy, and that limits the time I can spend playing with them, and that’s a good thing.
The blog is still serving its various purposes. One of those is that when I spew my thoughts out of my head and onto “paper” I create a clear space where new thoughts can come. That’s one reason for writing before we know what we want to say.
And now I have to go do some counseling. Talk to you later!
Published on August 19, 2004 at 1:47 pm. Linking to this article? Thank you! The permanent address is http://www.todayiwrite.com/journal/writers-block-sealions.html
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