If I were to try, I’d tell a story.

I’d put the story first, rather than the words. I’d try to tell a story that I’d like to read, and make it a story that others would like to read.

Joan, I like your page and the article on Tony Waldrop.

I ran for Brevard College in 79-81 and remeber Coach Witek telling us about Reginald McAfee.

Dave sent me this from scottberkun.com

“Writer’s block is a sham. Anyone who wrote yesterday can write today, it’s just a question of if they can do it to their own satisfaction. It’s not the fear of writing that blocks people, it’s its fear of not writing well; something quite different. Certainly every writer has moments of paralysis, but the way out is to properly frame what’s going on, and writer’s block, as commonly misunderstood, is a red herring.

Consider this: Have you ever been blocked while playing Frisbee? Eating doughnuts? Dancing naked in your living room? Those are joyful things and there’s nothing at stake: if you fail, who cares? Nobody. If there are no rules, and no judgment, psychological blocks are impossible. And remember writers like making names and overthinking things: there is no term for architect-block, painter-block, juggler-block or composer-block. Every creative pursuit faces similar pressures, but they don’t obsess about it the way writers seem to do.”

Baseball players DO have hitting slumps though.
Hmmm … writer’s slump just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

I’ve thought about it a few times, but less and less lately.

I think EBR sums it up for me:
“There was the over-weening ambition to be the world’s greatest author, when—at thirty-nine—I had nothing of importance to say to the world.” — *He Who Loses His Life*, Big Book, Third Edition

jim p.