Rand B. Lee
I moan, groan, and fling myself from one side of the apartment to the other. Then I sit down and ask myself the question, "What are the benefits and detriments to having writer's block?" In other words, what am I getting out of it? Usually it comes down to one of three things:
(1) Protection from shame: I'm afraid it will be rejected by publishers and/or readers, so I'd rather not finish it at all than finish it and have it tank.
(2) My inner writer knows there is something about the piece--a theme, a character, a major scene, an approach--that isn't working, and I am too attached to that theme, character, scene, or approach to want to change it.
(3) I'm bored and lonely and need some exercise to get my brain working again.
(1) Protection from shame: I'm afraid it will be rejected by publishers and/or readers, so I'd rather not finish it at all than finish it and have it tank.
(2) My inner writer knows there is something about the piece--a theme, a character, a major scene, an approach--that isn't working, and I am too attached to that theme, character, scene, or approach to want to change it.
(3) I'm bored and lonely and need some exercise to get my brain working again.
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