tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998835043850194033.post7209257432106219864..comments2024-03-01T21:22:51.305-08:00Comments on The Literary Mercenary: Writer's Block Isn't Real (So Stop Complaining About It)Neal Litherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01307649737269196558noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998835043850194033.post-3479815062568160592016-10-26T12:21:08.257-07:002016-10-26T12:21:08.257-07:00Sorry! As a chef, writer, and musician, I can safe...Sorry! As a chef, writer, and musician, I can safely say that the latter two, while both as creative as being a chef, differ greatly. Writer's block is a real issue, one I have faced with varying degrees of difficulty in both music and writing in general. There is only one way around it: switch topics. If the topic of your blog, or the song you are working on that day just isn't working, go to a different one. This clears the mind and allows focus on something other than the problematic issue. The scenario you are describing, where one is just "not going to work" due to "lack of inspration" or "chord progression is giving trouble" only happens to those not dedicated to their craft.<br /><br />A variation does happen to chefs, but we rarely have a hard time not coming up with new ideas, especially when we are surrounded with other chefs.Joebinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051329364273150693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998835043850194033.post-22326144493719297502016-01-20T00:29:25.852-08:002016-01-20T00:29:25.852-08:00We will simply have to agree to disagree, then.
W...We will simply have to agree to disagree, then.<br /><br />Writing is creative, but it's also a job. If you're a musician, you don't get a pass because you don't have any new tunes, or because your chord progression is giving you trouble. No more than being an architect, and not finishing the blueprints for the building you were commissioned to design. Just because you're writing a murder mystery, or telling a sweeping tale of love and vengeance, doesn't mean you get a special shield that lets you not do your job.<br /><br />If you're writing for you, by all means, do what you want. If you're writing for money, and as a business, then you have to produce on command. If you miss deadlines, your contracts get torn up, and you may not get new ones. Or, if you're a self-publisher, then your fans may decide you aren't worth waiting for, and move on.Neal Litherlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307649737269196558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1998835043850194033.post-48106589955933856782016-01-19T21:46:43.433-08:002016-01-19T21:46:43.433-08:00As a writer, I'm not sure if I agree with this...As a writer, I'm not sure if I agree with this. Writing is a form of creation; it's not like working out or going to a mundane job where there's no real thinking included. You simply pick up your schedule and just get to work. However writing is different, character creations, character development, plot twists, etc you have to stop and take these things in consideration or better yet something that this article completely missed, you have to put in detail. It's ease to say "a boy woke up and went outside" that's not a writer. A writer is someone who explains to you what that boy did outside. What he said outside. What obstacles or challenges did that boy face? None? Then peer me into the life of that boy while he did what he did. That's a writer. That's a person who is invested into their work not just ran through it based off of routine. So as a person who does workout, or complies to his boss based on the tasks asked of him. Writing is different, it's creative structure of a series of invested details. You need to feel your story just as much as your reader. Because if you don't care about the work you're presenting your audience, why would you think anyone is gonna invest themselves in your half-ass story. No offense tobthe writer of this article, but that's literally the first rule of writing. JC Comics Universehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838001369492828751noreply@blogger.com