Writing was my weed, a magic carpet ride to my happy place. I write for me and in a statement like that I hide years of over analyzed self doubt. These words, they are almost like my imaginary friends and as sad as it does sound, I feel betrayed now! With a scrunched face, tired eyes, I stagnate at my laptop every day. Verbal constipation is a life killer.
Not sure if it is just a writer’s block or a brain block. Running out of ideas is not cool! A year ago, I could have written a dramatic essay about the lonely life of an over ripe banana, lying mute on the kitchen counter but lately I’ve found, this writer’s block has become my worst nemesis.
If only writer’s block was a real person, I’d moan, throw tantrums and eventually go all Billy Blanks on its behind but this writer’s block is nothing, only a fragment of my imagination.
While looking for inspiration on Facebook, I landed on the Facebook page of a certain ‘Writer’s Block’ which is apparently an erotic poetry page. Now I have porn on my mind and find myself googling writers in the porn industry. This is the first thing I came across- Writer’s can’t find work in the adult industry. Truly such a sad world we live in- 
Back to the current issue at hand.
I dream like my subconscious is high on LSD. Dinosaurs on the city streets, time machines, murder plots, UFO’s, Nick Carter playing strange stringey instruments- with such an overactive imagination, its a shame I can’t seem to unclog this block when I’m awake.
Self help articles suggest scribbling-I keep scribbling ideas but I’m never satisfied with them, may be I’m too self critical. Being stupid and young is easy, I wrote every night, poems, impossible dreams, more poems.
About 350 odd words into the blog post and I am irritated with my own whine. There must be some cure, I’m sure one doesn’t just wake up and forget how to write.
Rather than suffering from stifled nerves and scatter energy all over the place, I’m determined to push through…and write. I’m going to blame the hipster writers for glorifying ‘writer’s block’. A little look inside Google Insights and its clear, prior to 2008, this term was a google search loser. Clearly, writer’s block is some irrational fear/anxiety in my head.
Random inspirational quote:
Just found this amazing yet simple quote by Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody. 
Writers Write!
“Avoiding writing is the worst possible thing to do – but that’s what I was doing. I was too frightened to even pick a pen up. So writers write: Even though it sounds so prosaic, it’s absolutely true. You do it until it works, and that’s what I did.”- Gary Lightbody on Writer’s block
Must embed! Must embed!
Snow Patrol’s Run. A beautiful song that totally needs a bear hug.
