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Matt Padwick
The best stories are between the lines in dusty diaries or on scraps of paper, scribbled while I'm rushing to be somewhere I shouldn't be going to.
Or when sitting quietly in a room by myself attempting to empty my mind.
Either way, it's when I am not trying.
A few years ago I climbed into the attic of our rented bungalow armed with some recycled timber and built a desk in front of the gable window overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. This is where I watch the weather, read, maybe switch on the computer, open a new document - cursor flashing - and enjoy whatever happens next... which maybe a poor poem, or a three-day frenzy.
Or when sitting quietly in a room by myself attempting to empty my mind.
Either way, it's when I am not trying.
A few years ago I climbed into the attic of our rented bungalow armed with some recycled timber and built a desk in front of the gable window overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. This is where I watch the weather, read, maybe switch on the computer, open a new document - cursor flashing - and enjoy whatever happens next... which maybe a poor poem, or a three-day frenzy.
Matt Padwick
How to deal with writer's block? Pick up the pen (or sit at the keyboard) and draw letters which form words to make sentences that become a paragraph. Then make another one. Surprise yourself.
Feeling blocked is about too much hope and fear, forcing a story or outcome that is not ready. Relax, and write what is ready, worry about where it is taking you later, much later...
Feeling blocked is about too much hope and fear, forcing a story or outcome that is not ready. Relax, and write what is ready, worry about where it is taking you later, much later...
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