Writer’s Block from Hell!!!

Holy crap, I can’t get started. Seriously, it’s just like that.

I haven’t written a single creative word in over a week and it’s driving me batty.

Although I’ve never really considered myself a “writer” before, people have recently been indicating that maybe I have a way with words and perhaps I could do something with my writing and have I ever thought of taking a chance on becoming a real writer, so much so that I think I’ve let it go to my head to the point where I’m over-thinking everything and can’t do anything.

I started thinking that perhaps I could do something with it, but I don’t have any training. So I started looking into courses on how to be a writer, because nothing hones a creative instinct like an education (did you spot the sarcasm?). Then I thought maybe I should read a book or two on the subject, so I started doing some research on that, and do you know how many bloody books there are on writing magazine articles, submitting kick-ass query letters and starting up a home business as a freelance writer there are? Hundreds, believe me - all in print and all highly recommended.

Then I thought perhaps I should find a nice web forum so I can talk to other depressed newbies like myself who haven’t got a clue on how to get started. I did something similar when I first started making music with synthesizers a few years back and found it quite helpful. But then I remembered I also spent a ridiculous amount of time in those forums making stupid inside jokes with the regulars when I probably should’ve been making music, which was the real reason I went there in the first place. I tend to get distracted easily. Oh look, something shiny!

So, in the end, I didn’t sign up for any courses, I didn’t buy any books, and I didn’t join any forums. But I did listen to the new Man Man LP, Rabbit Habits, almost incessantly throughout the whole process. I think I’ll write a review of the record and post it to gitpop and tell the world just how happy it makes me. That seems to be why I have it several weeks before its official release date in the first place, so maybe I’ll take advantage of the situation.

So there you go. I may be neurotic, but it appears that my writer’s block has been broken, so I’m happy.