This is a deeply insightful perspective on writer’s block and overcoming it. I’ve suffered for years from parallel issues. When I try to write. It’s like a dam bursting. Every thought flows over the next and the resulting torrent ends me up on the riverbank, breathless and just lying there. And so the next time I try to be productive, there are all the same retardants affecting me along with that reinforced feeling of danger. I take some heart in your tactic of easing into yet another attempt.
This is a deeply insightful perspective on writer’s block and overcoming it. I’ve suffered for years from parallel issues. When I try to write. It’s like a dam bursting. Every thought flows over the next and the resulting torrent ends me up on the riverbank, breathless and just lying there. And so the next time I try to be productive, there are all the same retardants affecting me along with that reinforced feeling of danger. I take some heart in your tactic of easing into yet another attempt.
It's scary to have that feeling, wasted spent collapsed on the riverbank. Total paralysis. I'm slow at letting go. But I'm gonna do it! Am doing it.
Welcome back to writing! Nice to find your words in my inbox.
Thank you!! It's my happiest place to be. Now, finally, letting it go in its imperfection -- well it gives me the most incredible sense of freedom.