Ask any writer and they’ll tell you the worst moment producing any form of written words is sitting in front of the computer with a blank Word document open, fingers hovering over the keyboard, waiting for the stream of consciousness to well up and transform random synapse formations into a valid sentence of English. Vladimir Nabakov, the author of the infamous and oft-banned Lolita, stated much more eloquently that :

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamouring to become visible

Gene Fowler, an American screenwriter last century famously suggested:

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

I wish I felt a little more ‘miraculous ‘some days when time comes to write. Read More→