Writers Block

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Writers block isn’t just a little bit frustrating.  Writers block is the realisation that you have no place in the world.  When the words don’t come it’s because you’re not who you thought you were.  You’re a fraud.  And frauds should not be read by anyone.

 

‘Be honest,’ they say.  As if it were so easy.  Try and tell a story, and open up, and see how long it takes before your ego paints your art in mud.  Try to tell the truth – and all you’ll spin are lies. 

 

We live our whole lives in deception, and lies exact heavy psychic morgages – they require upkeep with interest.  A lie is more of an obligation than a favour.  And that’s why I think to be Authentic is to be free – because you’re free from supporting the propagandised twin you spawned.  We waste most of our lives tending to our public persona.

 

And when you force them, when you force the words to come?  You end up with foolish, misguided opines on the craft of writing.