I'm pretty sure we all know those times when you start to write something, delete, rewrite, delete, rewrite the rewritten part, delete, et cetera, et cetera, until you can't write anymore because all of your ideas have been used up (you have no idea how lucky you are if you don't know what this is like). I'm also pretty sure that if anyone knows me, they know just how long it takes for me to come up with ideas to write if I don't already have them. To clarify for the people who don't know, the answer is a very long time. So, in typical me fashion, as soon as I went to write this post my mind just went blank. Honestly I'd like to say that "The more I deal with writer's block the better I can handle it and so will you!", but clearly that hasn't happened to me (if you manage to get better at dealing with writer's block every time it happens, please tell me your secrets). Frustratingly, I can't seem to recall a time when I didn't have to deal with writer's block even when explaining a math theorem.
For as long as I can remember I've had major problems with writer's block to the point I haven't written a thesis and the paper is due tomorrow even though I've tried to work for hours on the paper (true story). Not only does it happen with school work, but even when I decide to write stuff for my own enjoyment, an example being poetry, I still can't get ideas, so stress or a grade doesn't really seem to be the problem. I have no idea if this is just me unconsciously refusing to work or if other people get writer's block this badly this often. In fact, I'm still having writer's block at this moment.
I feel I've perhaps discussed my plight with writer's block not quite in the way I experience it wholly, because after my bouts with writer's block I can normally write for quite a while (until I stop writing for say, maybe five minutes, and then it comes back with a vengeance). I wish I could find a way around it and just stop the writer's block before it starts, but hey, whatcha gonna do? Time for me to get a head start on my next post, maybe, just maybe, I'll have something fun to write about (or even an idea at all).
