Writing my way out of a paper bag…
So…I don’t suffer too much from what a lot of people call writer’s block–staring at a blank screen or piece of paper, with no idea what to write on it.
The way my process works means that I start with the organization–writing an outline, culling from my notes to create a very rough draft, that kind of thing. So by the time I’m smithing any words, there’s already something on the page, already some sort of structure imposed. It may not be great and it may all change, a little or lot, before the final draft. But I’ve got something written and that’s all I need to get started.
If I get a block of any kind, it comes at the organization stage. A certain large project is currently stalled for a very odd reason: All the files are misnamed (there was a slight change in the project that necessitates renaming). Seriously. I could deal with it later–write all the content now and rename the files at the end, since the outline, content, and the like hasn’t changed. But I don’t. And I just finally figured out that that’s the main reason I’ve been stalling.
Good fact to know for future. That’s my writers block, I guess. Now…I’m off to rename the files. That cannot be, after all, a very difficult challenge.