Beat the Block with a Journal
We would like to take this moment to thank Mridu Khullar for contributing this article: Beat the Block with a Journal. Anyone that contributes is a welcome addition to WritingAndYou101.com!It's nearing the end of summer, and I have no credentials to my benefit these holidays. As the end of the holidays approach, I keep wondering what I have to show for the summer other than the noticeable tan, and the load of incomplete articles adorning my computer. Having nothing to write about can be exasperating. But having plentiful to do, and not doing it out of sheer laziness or lack of interest is a whole other story. I have articles months old that haven't seen the light of day.
Ah, if only I could complete them. But procrastination and laziness stand in the way. I've been telling myself that it's the heat, but with the temperatures going down again, I'm not even left with that excuse. I have seemingly divorced myself from the half-written articles that sit there waiting on some remote folder in my computer. Somehow, I never get to completing something if I leave it midway.
And this time is no different. I ended up opening the files, reading their contents, closing them with a mental note that they needed to be finished and went back to my Need for Speed racing adventure. After an endless round of mindless car racing, I decided it was time to get back to work. Having nothing to write about, I thought I'd try my hand at a journal. Writers are always saying that keeping journals spark up your creativity, but somehow I never thought I'd be writing in one.
I'd always wondered why a writer would waste her precious time writing in a journal, when she could be earning money, writing those words in an article or story.So, I began Mission Journal by simply opening up my word processor and writing the first thing that came into my mind. Incidentally, I started rambling about how much I had wanted to achieve but with a drastic case of writer's block having swept over me the last few days, my ambitions had been reduced to dust. Before I knew it, I had written two thousand words, simply on why I couldn't write and how it was playing havoc with my spirit. I hate to admit it, but the truth is – I was wrong. A journal is not a waste of a writer's time.
It's a learning process. When a computer professional sits down to learn a new programming language, he's not wasting his time. He's preparing himself for situations in which his programming skills could come in handy. Similarly, a journal can be the resource a writer digs into when she's at a loss of ideas and can't find anything to write about. It gives the writer practice she needs every single day, and enables her to create a much desired momentum in her writing.The day I started writing in my journal, was the day my month-long block finally came to an end.
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