Midday, Wednesday, January 29, 2025, Miami, Florida
“Writer’s block is akin to a “vacancy” sign; if you wait long enough they will eventually fill.” ― Nanette L. Avery
Well, Constant Reader, it happened again. Instead of mapping out—much less writing—a new scene for Reunion: Coda’s 24th chapter (I include the novel’s prologue as a chapter), I found myself yesterday stranded in the wide Sargasso Sea of Writer’s Block.
I tried everything I could think of to avoid this. I got a good night’s sleep and had a nice breakfast. I even stepped outside a few times—not just to take the dogs out but also to soak up some of that cool winter breeze and enjoy the sunny South Florida weather. I listened to instrumental music; songs with lyrics sometimes inspire a good scene or two when I’m working on the novel, but they’re often distracting. I even managed to stick to my afternoon writing schedule, to no avail.
Oh, well. Sometimes you’re the windshield, and sometimes you’re the bug. And yesterday, unfortunately, I wasn’t the windshield.
Nevertheless, today is another writing day, so I’ll keep calm and continue working on the manuscript.
A Certain Point of View, Too 
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6 responses to “A Day in the Life of a Writer: Battling Writer’s Block”
It will come back to you. It always does. In the meantime just take a short break.
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I wrote my scene today. I guess it came back to me sooner than usual.
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That is great! Congratulations!
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I thought that the most I would do today was the outline. I did that, then I realized the scene wasn’t going to be too long, so I decided to write it. And...voila.
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That is great.
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Of course, it helps that this was Scene Three in Chapter 24 and was continuing an existing plot thread. The bigger gaps between scenes and chapters come when one narrative ends and a new one begins.
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