Joseph Carrabis
Writer's Block is a conflict between the author's conscious and non-conscious for control of the story, so I consciously stop writing (not writing anyway so might as well relieve the frustration) and take time to let my non-conscious and conscious work it out.
Sometimes this involves going over the last part of the story that I was happy with, thinking about what I was going to write next but can't and relaxing myself to let what wants to come out come out. Other times I read something irrelevant to the story I'm working on, other times I get out and go for a walk, bike ride or drive, preferably on back country roads.
The point is to accept that the writer's block is a signal and to pay attention to the signal. If your body signals you you're having a heart attack you pay attention or die, correct? So when your story signals you that it's about to die, pay attention.
Sometimes this involves going over the last part of the story that I was happy with, thinking about what I was going to write next but can't and relaxing myself to let what wants to come out come out. Other times I read something irrelevant to the story I'm working on, other times I get out and go for a walk, bike ride or drive, preferably on back country roads.
The point is to accept that the writer's block is a signal and to pay attention to the signal. If your body signals you you're having a heart attack you pay attention or die, correct? So when your story signals you that it's about to die, pay attention.
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Ladyfilosopher
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Joseph Carrabis:
What a delightful profile narrative and exploration. Yes, we wear many hats (and coats) in our lives. So many that rarely would any single person know the entire person(s) that we are. May I ask the analyst in you, accompanied by the wild animal whisperer, what you think of Eisler's Biocultural Partnership-Dominance continuum lens. (pp 93-5 in The Real Wealth of Nations, or early chap. in Nurturing Our Humanity)?
Keith Guernsey
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Looking forward to our interview today @ 11! Goodreads says they won't submit this qithout a question mark so here you go? Happy Holidays,, Keith thegurns2005@yahoo.com Twitter=@thegurns Http://amzn.com/1503101797 P.S. I'm even going downstairs to comb my hair!!
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