tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post4808620538521626498..comments2023-11-02T09:16:14.403+00:00Comments on The Hesitant Scribe: Writer's Block - Your thoughts please!hesitant scribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11882920406681074895noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post-42772647252825347852007-07-14T11:10:00.000+01:002007-07-14T11:10:00.000+01:00I think that there must be something about it. Chi...I think that there must be something about it. Children certainly have a fear of the empty page which is why we scaffold for them or give them sentence starters etc. I know the likes of Pullman deride the concept, pointing out that plumbers don't get plumber's block (though you try and get one on a Friday afternoon)but I wonder if it is a combination of fear that what you've got to write will be Jon Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04299901366453310075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post-4604144430428631382007-07-13T18:42:00.000+01:002007-07-13T18:42:00.000+01:00Chilli - thankyou sooo much! Gosh. Why is everyo...Chilli - thankyou sooo much! Gosh. Why is everyone being sooo nice?! What do you all <I>want</I>?!<BR/><BR/>JJ - HELLO! How are you doing?! I'm so glad you popped in - and yes - I do have your writer's block thoughts! Hope you're having a great time in Blighty (or wherever you are!)hesitant scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882920406681074895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post-23416677463196134832007-07-13T17:43:00.000+01:002007-07-13T17:43:00.000+01:00Hi there, just breaking my blog break to say hello...Hi there, just breaking my blog break to say hello. I've nothing intelligent to say other than yes, but I know you have my opinion in an earlier email.<BR/>JJxJenny Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post-60734150518273143372007-07-13T14:51:00.000+01:002007-07-13T14:51:00.000+01:00I've just started reading the 'Dark Tower' books b...I've just started reading the 'Dark Tower' books by Stephen King and in the foreword he said -<BR/><BR/>'My approach to revision hasn't changed much over the years. I know there are some writers who do it as they go along, but my method of attack has always been to plunge in and go as fast as I can, keeping the edge of my narrative blade as sharp as possible by constant use, and trying to outrun Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post-89973792023958398182007-07-13T13:06:00.000+01:002007-07-13T13:06:00.000+01:00These are wonderful - thank you so much and keep '...These are wonderful - thank you so much and keep 'em coming!<BR/><BR/>Sabine - yes - it definitely exists for me too, and I'll be popping over to read your post after my riding lesson! I'm not sure what the procrastination thing is about - perhaps the two are inextricably linked. For me, today, with this conference paper, it is fear that is keeping me from working, and yet my head is working onhesitant scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882920406681074895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post-19810818073204213072007-07-13T12:06:00.000+01:002007-07-13T12:06:00.000+01:00Depends where I am. If I'm stuck at the beginning...Depends where I am. If I'm stuck at the beginning it's a question of confidence and the answer there is to apply bum to seat and write, doesn't matter if it's clunky, get anything down and then there's something to work with.<BR/><BR/>However, if I'm stuck further into a script the solution for me is always to look back. A block at this stage is a warning sign which says 'Are you SURE you want Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post-64969223090138898492007-07-13T11:48:00.000+01:002007-07-13T11:48:00.000+01:00I too have been having some tricky moments this we...I too have been having some tricky moments this week which may or may not have been writers block. You have seen my 'to do' list on my blog page and I wonder, for me, if that is the cause of my blockage. <BR/><BR/>I get completely daunted and lack confidence sometimes that I just daren't write anything. I don't even want to open the file with my book in and if I do I just look at it. <BR/><BR/>Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315275929031953790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2519613168245138404.post-61963407747322661232007-07-13T11:38:00.000+01:002007-07-13T11:38:00.000+01:00I couldn't believe reading this blog post - just a...I couldn't believe reading this blog post - just a moment after I hit 'publish' on my post of today. (Please believe me, this is no silly manoeuvre to get people to read my blog, even if it sounds fishy!!)<BR/><BR/>Oh yes, writer's block <B>definitely</B> exists. I have it, so there! It's not that I have no idea what to write about, because it is all ready in my head. Getting it to flow into my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com