Eric&Meyer

Toothpaste For Dinner, 12/31/11:

writer’s block, huh? that’s funny cause i’m a lawyer and i never get lawyer’s block

This is another problem we create with the cultural belief that art is magic, and creativity is a dark mystery. It’s not true.

I was at a writing workshop recently where the guest speaker insisted that you have to wait for inspiration, and just hope it comes. That was her process, and it meant a five year dry-spell in her writing career. You can do better. You need a process based in reality and not magic, based in action and not wishful thinking.

In related news: Fear and Plagiarism.