Jan Marquart's Blog - Posts Tagged "empty-page"
It's Your Best Relationship
My previous blog discussed the writer's inner voice, how to listen to it and give it a chance to speak its authentic self. I discussed allowing the inner voice to be louder than a whisper and to allow its scream to stretch out across the empty page. Such an extraordinary event. For many though it is a Sisyphean adventure. But don't readers love to hear that voice that has been tucked away for so long speak out as they identify with it in the reading and start to, through osmosis, become free and whole as well.
Today, I want to go deeper. I want to address your relationship with the empty page. Much has been written about tackling the fear of the empty page or the deer-in-the-headlights-look that writers express when they sit with poised pen and then -- nothing. But nothing works best like a good hearty act of self-exploration.
Writing the authentic self can seem as intricate as a science experiment. I often wonder how the person sitting with frozen pen and thoughts thinks of the writing process in that moment. And I have already written my philosophy about it in, The Mindful Writer, Still the Mind, Free the Pen www.createspace.com/3546101. But something is still amiss. I know writer's block is a psychological state of mind. It is not just frozen characters or that inner voice getting smaller and smaller.
So let me ask you this? What is your relationship with the blank page? Does the blank page seem as an enemy? Is it something that will devour you and make your life miserable? Is it felt as a place that truly is uninterested in what you have to say, what your stories are, what creative ideas you have? I get curiouser and curiouser as the saying goes when I hear people who want to write but stop as if they are meeting a robber in a dark alley.
If your empty page were a person - who would it be? If your empty page were a feeling - what would it be. If your empty page were a belief - what would it be saying? Find out the hidden laws your mind dictates to you about the blank page and then write to me at jan_marquart@yahoo.com. Then re-create the relationship you want so you can write to your heart's content.
If I say there is nothing to fear but fear itself would that help? I didn't think so. Challenge yourself to look further into your reactions to the empty piece of paper. Remove the tethers. Set yourself free. Let your mind relax, your soul speak, your muse play, and your pen move.
Until next time,
Jan
Today, I want to go deeper. I want to address your relationship with the empty page. Much has been written about tackling the fear of the empty page or the deer-in-the-headlights-look that writers express when they sit with poised pen and then -- nothing. But nothing works best like a good hearty act of self-exploration.
Writing the authentic self can seem as intricate as a science experiment. I often wonder how the person sitting with frozen pen and thoughts thinks of the writing process in that moment. And I have already written my philosophy about it in, The Mindful Writer, Still the Mind, Free the Pen www.createspace.com/3546101. But something is still amiss. I know writer's block is a psychological state of mind. It is not just frozen characters or that inner voice getting smaller and smaller.
So let me ask you this? What is your relationship with the blank page? Does the blank page seem as an enemy? Is it something that will devour you and make your life miserable? Is it felt as a place that truly is uninterested in what you have to say, what your stories are, what creative ideas you have? I get curiouser and curiouser as the saying goes when I hear people who want to write but stop as if they are meeting a robber in a dark alley.
If your empty page were a person - who would it be? If your empty page were a feeling - what would it be. If your empty page were a belief - what would it be saying? Find out the hidden laws your mind dictates to you about the blank page and then write to me at jan_marquart@yahoo.com. Then re-create the relationship you want so you can write to your heart's content.
If I say there is nothing to fear but fear itself would that help? I didn't think so. Challenge yourself to look further into your reactions to the empty piece of paper. Remove the tethers. Set yourself free. Let your mind relax, your soul speak, your muse play, and your pen move.
Until next time,
Jan
