TECH: Writer's Block Book
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writercisesoriginal post: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 10:38:13 JST
Even if you aren't blocked, I'd recommend getting a copy of this. Take a quick scan and put it on your bookshelf. Then when you are blocked, take it down again and let Victoria guide you to understand what kind of block you are experiencing and how to get back in synch with yourself. Seriously, this is like an encyclopedia of blocks that a writer may encounter, with good thoughts about what they mean and how to handle them.
(Hint for our Quote of the Day person - I thought many paragraphs would make nice, if slightly lengthy, quotes. e.g.)
"It is human nature to resist change. Only when an impassable roadblock suddenly rears up on our accustomed route (or rut) do we ever consider trying another path. That is why writer's block, guiding the writer always away from stagnation toward change and new possibilities, is such a useful, benign, and ultimately blessed instrument of all creative endeavor." p. 117 (a section on blocks due to Forcing Talent into the Wrong Mold)
For your Writer's First Aid kit... use when the muse quits!
On Writer's Block: A New Approach to CreativityI think I got this through Book of the Month Club.
Victoria Nelson
Houghton Mifflin Company 1993
Even if you aren't blocked, I'd recommend getting a copy of this. Take a quick scan and put it on your bookshelf. Then when you are blocked, take it down again and let Victoria guide you to understand what kind of block you are experiencing and how to get back in synch with yourself. Seriously, this is like an encyclopedia of blocks that a writer may encounter, with good thoughts about what they mean and how to handle them.
(Hint for our Quote of the Day person - I thought many paragraphs would make nice, if slightly lengthy, quotes. e.g.)
"It is human nature to resist change. Only when an impassable roadblock suddenly rears up on our accustomed route (or rut) do we ever consider trying another path. That is why writer's block, guiding the writer always away from stagnation toward change and new possibilities, is such a useful, benign, and ultimately blessed instrument of all creative endeavor." p. 117 (a section on blocks due to Forcing Talent into the Wrong Mold)
For your Writer's First Aid kit... use when the muse quits!
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