Where to Find Inspiration
February 10th, 2009
Remedies for writer’s block (and its analogues):
Subject yourself to something excruciating. It doesn’t have to be physical pain — in fact physical pain is the most simplistic option — and preferably it ought not cause any long term damage.
The alternative — and it’s a better alternative — is to have a very uplifting, comforting, and reassuring experience that puts you back in touch with what you love about life and humanity. But this is of course notoriously difficult to do on command.
Finally, you can always cut yourself off from whatever sources of amusement have become reliable and habitual to you; and if that doesn’t work, you don’t have a creative bone in your body.
When editing or re-writing, do the opposite of these things — that is get comfortable, feel safe and secure, and do it when you aren’t particularly capable of being moved by anything.
