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A Writer's Journal: Entry XI
I find it odd that I've kept this writing journal for almost a year and only have eleven entries to show for it. It's kind of discouraging but maybe it'll fill up more now that I starting to finally, actually get over my writer's block. It scares me that it takes almost an entire year to get over a writer's block, but I finally feel like a veil has lifted. When I write these things down, I don't feel like I'm lying to myself. I finally started writing a story, five chapters so far and I'm about to start the sixth but I felt it was necessarily to tell my Writer's Journal that I am finally writing.
I don't want to just use this journal as a shoulder to cry on when I'm having writer's block. I want you to be aware of what's going on in my writing career at all times.
What if one day I'm famous and I'm still writing in this journal? On this site, under this username? I don't think I'd tell people my username, I'd probably take the link off my Twitter-- No! I'd put a link to the site and be like:
"Have fun trying to find me!"
And then there will be just fans of my books pouring onto the website, looking for me. . . Reading through dozens of poems and following several poets, just looking for me. Maybe it'll even inspire some readers to become writers themselves.
It's nice to be able to breathe again. When you're under the veil of writer's block, everything hurts. It hurts to think but it hurts to not think also. If you stop thinking, you feel hollowed. Now when I'm not thinking, I feel relaxed, cleansed, like I'm actually taking a break.
It's quite nice actually. I hope the next time I get writer's block, I go back and re-read these entries and realize that it will be over. Just ride out the storm and everything will be okay.
I hope I remember that the next time that veil of depression and writer's block falls over me.
- Paige Rider
I don't want to just use this journal as a shoulder to cry on when I'm having writer's block. I want you to be aware of what's going on in my writing career at all times.
What if one day I'm famous and I'm still writing in this journal? On this site, under this username? I don't think I'd tell people my username, I'd probably take the link off my Twitter-- No! I'd put a link to the site and be like:
"Have fun trying to find me!"
And then there will be just fans of my books pouring onto the website, looking for me. . . Reading through dozens of poems and following several poets, just looking for me. Maybe it'll even inspire some readers to become writers themselves.
It's nice to be able to breathe again. When you're under the veil of writer's block, everything hurts. It hurts to think but it hurts to not think also. If you stop thinking, you feel hollowed. Now when I'm not thinking, I feel relaxed, cleansed, like I'm actually taking a break.
It's quite nice actually. I hope the next time I get writer's block, I go back and re-read these entries and realize that it will be over. Just ride out the storm and everything will be okay.
I hope I remember that the next time that veil of depression and writer's block falls over me.
- Paige Rider
Published 5th Dec 2014
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