The Amaranthine Poet

An Aspiring Writer’s Position on “Writer’s Block”

August 6, 2007 on 8:40 am | In Everything | 8 Comments

I’m always inspired to write. I personally don’t believe in writer’s block. The world is my muse. Emotions(love, fear, hate, regret, sadness, etc.) are a poet’s tools to effective and raw writing. When a writer is feeling too apathetic or even too overwhelmed, they find themselves in the state of writer’s block. However, feeling completely apathetic, or unemotional, should not steal away your inspiration to write! When I write and find myself without a muse, I draw empathy for the focal point of my piece from past experiences. I constantly document everything that happens in my life because I know that memories tend to fade. With time, the feelings and surreal nature associated with a particular event in life begins to go numb, almost as if it never really happened, as if it were a dream. As an artist, how can you possibly draw emotion from a dry memory?
I know that there are some memories which you might actually want to fade and hope that it will lose itself in some dark, untouched corner of your mind. However, it may not be healthy to smother your bad memories. Every mental/emotional infliction caused by bad things that happen to us will eventually manifest itself in some way. Its best to address your memories and try to solve any potential future issues that may result from them.
Anyway, I got off the subject! So, basically I document everything that happens in my life so that I never run out of memories to draw emotion from; so, that I will never have to suffer with writer’s block because of a lack of inspiration! Besides, I want my life to be a 400 page book…not a pamphlet, lol. I want to be able to look back on my life when I am 80 years old and be able to illustrate it with multiple pictures of diverse worlds and situations. I don’t want it to be void! Even if you are not a writer, who knows, maybe by documenting or “journaling” the events in your life, you can find a pattern which may have been responsible for a niche in your personality. Hey, it’s not a “girly” thing either! As I recall, Doug Funnie always had a journal on hand! Anyway, its always nice to look at your life as if it were a novel, and you are, not only the main character, but also the reader! Ok?? Bye! <3 Jenn <3

P.S. I am not talking about the “type” of writer’s block that occurs when you’ve written so much, and you need a break. I am talking about the writer’s block that people complain of because they feel like they have a lack of inspiration of which to play off of at the time. So, don’t get offended if you disagree… Its mere opinion and just random thoughts anyway.

Here are a few relevant quotes from my favorite poet, William Butler Yeats:

“The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth. ”

“I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.”

“People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.”