The writers struggle
I must admit to an unsettled morning. Not one full of frustration just one filled with thoughts that are perhaps unjust. My attempt to place one thought in front of another has become a complete waste of time, as no coherent series has arisen out of the turmoil of my mind. To what do I attribute this spiral of empty traction, what can I blame for my mind being full yet completely empty? Oh, I have topics of blame to fill pages yet are any truly to blame? I honestly expect not.
So why does my mind cast about for ideas that gain traction? Wheels turning and turning yet nothing results from all my effort. Empty words strung one to another yet no value results, Empty thoughts combined to produce empty words. No encouragement, no hope offered, no blessings given, just empty words strewn across the page.
This is truly what I feel when reading most of what I read today. People struggling to find words to express their thought but failing to express their hearts and meaning. So what we have to read are simply empty words struggling to express meaning. At the heart of each post or prose is a struggle to express what is truly felt and meant.
I have read powerful phrases that were proceeded and followed by half-written thoughts embraced by frustration. Frustration not at the issue or situation but at the utter lack of ability to find the words to express their point.
For many, this is hardly news as those of us who have struggled to write have always searched for the words to place on the page, in what often appears to be a vain struggle to express our thoughts and transmit our passion. Perhaps that is why there are so few writers who have been called great, those few who at one time or another were able to catch that rare moment in time where the thoughts of their hearts were permitted to be expressed on the page, heart, and mind working as one, finding the exact phrase that is able to reveal the true intent of the passion and in that one glorious moment place it on the page.
To have that one powerful phrase followed not by an empty series of words but instead a second phrase that sets the world on fire. Is that not why many of us struggle to write? To produce that one page that actually reproduces our passion regardless of our topic.
Most of us are not attempting to produce an epic, we are simply struggling to produce a point properly placed in words.
May the Lord guide you as you search for the words to say and the perfect way to express it.
Blessings
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Ken Boddie
2 years ago #13
#13
Brilliant, @Paul Walters ! Next time I’m accused of time wasting (by ‘management’) when I have a coffee in one of my favourite haunts, a social drink with friends, or even listen to the radio, watch TV, or trawl through various SM platforms … I’m looking for ideas. After all, when did fixing anything around the house, pulling weeds out of the garden, or driving ‘management’ to the mall, ever inspire a post?
Paul Walters
2 years ago #12
#4
@Greg Rolfe To find the idea you have to search!! I find sitting in coffee shops eavesdropping on conversations will give me an idea a day !! methinks sloth and procrastination go a long way to writing…..nothing!
Paul Walters
2 years ago #11
#10
@Ken Boddie As an engineer you would have to say that it's the idea that generates the words. When writer's block settles in for an unwelcome stay only the idea can save him/her from eternal literary damnation.
Greg Rolfe
2 years ago #10
Ken I expect you have a point there. I will place more effort into the topic search. Thank you for the idea.
Ken Boddie
2 years ago #9
Greg Rolfe
2 years ago #8
NOW THAT IS AWESOME!!
Pascal Derrien
2 years ago #7
are we talking about the same guy here :-) Many thanks Greg
John Rylance
2 years ago #6
Personally I would say this piece has substance, your words express exact,y how you feel. My Mother swore by syrup of figs, Andrews liver salts, or prunes, which she said were like missionaries who did great works in dark places, to shift blockages. But not all at once, otherwise instead of writers block you will have a case of verbal diarrhoea.
Greg Rolfe
2 years ago #5
Pascal Derrien in some of your posts I have seen a glimmer of something far above average. You use words in fantastic sequences that often show a door beyond the meaning placed on the page. Honestly, that is why I read and look forward to your work.
Greg Rolfe
2 years ago #4
Alas no I have not, I have been unable to write anything of substance for months now. I keep trying hoping that simple endurance will overpower this obvious lack of talent. But only time will tell. Now that is one true writer's block!! Wow!
Greg Rolfe
2 years ago #3
I have zero problems with average. Without average there is no amazing and intent to provoke thought or drive the point is vastly admirable. But the aligning of the stars, that one moment of brilliance is the prize.
John Rylance
2 years ago #2
Pascal Derrien
2 years ago #1