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Charles Bukowski knew, a thing or two...
"Writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all"
that's what Charles Bukowski said...
So... when... I can't not write...
When ennui sets in...
and I sit... gripped by lassitude...
nary a word coming to mind.
I have to go search something out...
Heaven only knows it won't do itself.
something... that piques my interest...
a word... that speaks to my soul
a smell... that brings back a memory
an impulse beyond my control...
I shall stand in the market and listen... all ears
then go back and re-read the works of my peers...
So... I'll put in the effort...for I know damned well...
I will be delivered from Writes' Block Hell.
that's what Charles Bukowski said...
So... when... I can't not write...
When ennui sets in...
and I sit... gripped by lassitude...
nary a word coming to mind.
I have to go search something out...
Heaven only knows it won't do itself.
something... that piques my interest...
a word... that speaks to my soul
a smell... that brings back a memory
an impulse beyond my control...
I shall stand in the market and listen... all ears
then go back and re-read the works of my peers...
So... I'll put in the effort...for I know damned well...
I will be delivered from Writes' Block Hell.
Published 4th Sep 2018
Author's Note
My inspiration...Charles Bukowski, of course... and a deadline for Missy's "Blood in the Inkwell" comp.
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4th Sep 2018 10:43pm
Excellent work!
To overcome writer's block, public transport is perfect as well. It's a perpetual source of inspiration. :-)
To overcome writer's block, public transport is perfect as well. It's a perpetual source of inspiration. :-)
4th Sep 2018 11:24pm
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5th Sep 2018 1:09am
seems to me that bukowski's
answer to writer's block
was to write crap for a while
until the genius came back ..
answer to writer's block
was to write crap for a while
until the genius came back ..
As long as the creative constipation departs with the crap,
one can't be too particular...
After all, mission accomplished, no? Ely
one can't be too particular...
After all, mission accomplished, no? Ely
9th Sep 2018 6:50pm
... trouble is last night night it was "I'm a f....ing genius" and this morning when I looked at it, it was "what a load of crap".
9th Sep 2018 7:30pm
The difference between genius and crap is often a matter of perspective...
when the perspective is laced with altitude adjusting substances... the change may work... or not... in the morning...
I have messed up pieces that went into the circular file of necessity... having turned to the proverbial pile-of-crap.
Makes me appreciate the good ones all the more... Ely
when the perspective is laced with altitude adjusting substances... the change may work... or not... in the morning...
I have messed up pieces that went into the circular file of necessity... having turned to the proverbial pile-of-crap.
Makes me appreciate the good ones all the more... Ely
5th Sep 2018 9:07pm
Good one...yeah, there's all kinds of constipation that can befall a body. The mental one too can be painful....watch out for the moment it starts moving again. Buk used to call it " the glorious beer shit!"
6th Sep 2018 1:10am
That must take a bunch of beer... I think there are probably other things I would prefer to consume if I need to overcome a writer's block... Ely
6th Sep 2018 1:12am
I know you will find inspiration in other things...fortunately. You are pretty resourceful.
