It's been quite a while since the last time I wrote on my blog. Lazy? Perhaps. Unmotivated? Quite possible. This brings me to today's topic, writer's block. This word can make any writer cringe, and I know a lot of writers suffer from it time and time again. Having finished my first feature length screenplay not too long ago, I certainly know how writer's block can feel, and it's not too pretty. After all, it did take me about two years, if not more, to finally finish an 89 page script. Of course, I had to actually get motivated to sit down and write at least a word or two each time, but once I was there I did stare at my screen for a while just thinking of what or how to write something.
I am going through a similar situation right now as I am in development of my new feature length screenplay. Just writing down the step outline is becoming a grueling process. What should happen to my character next? Does he meet a certain character that is out of the ordinary? Does the next scene flow with the previous? I am about half way done with the outlining process, but there is always that bump in the road somewhere down the line where you get stuck. Even though you have a strong vision in your head about how you want the script to flesh out, you are clueless as to what the next scene should be.
I give a tremendous amount of credit to every writer out there. Whether you are an author of a book, a journalist, screenwriter, TV writer, magazine writer, song writer, whatever, it is very very tough to sit down and write something, especially if you are suffering from writer's block. We all stare at the blinking cursor of our word documents searching for that one word that becomes two, three, etc. until you form one full sentence. Then you look at your clock and realize that three hours have passed...
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