In writing, there is nothing worse than a very bad case of writer’s block. Writing as a hobby can be fun. You get to write about anything you want, but when you have deadlines to meet and keywords to think of, the task can sometimes become frustrating.

I’ve been a web content writer for sometime now. As all of you must know, web content writers are expected to have fast turn-outs of articles each day. I have six 500-word articles due today. If it was any other day, I’d be more than confident to say that I can do all these articles in one day. Today is a frustrating day.

This writing task was given to me a few days back, but because I am now only doing web writing as a part-time gig, this assignment sat neglected on my desk. I’ve always worked best under pressure so it didn’t bother me when I checked my calendar yesterday and realized that the deadline is today. I thought ” I can do this the entire day tomorrow. Easy peasy” Being the “responsible writer” that I am, I woke up at 3 in the morning and prepared myself to write. I said, I’ll get everything done before or a little after lunch. That was my deadline to myself, although this assignment can be submitted anytime within the day.

At 3:30 a.m., I was still staring at the annoying blinking cursor in front of me. So I decided to make myself a nice cup of coffee and light a cigarette. Aaahhh, coffee and cigarettes, my weapons against writer’s block when I was working full-time as a web content writer. 4:00 a.m. and I still have nothing to write about my keywords. Maybe another cigarette. 5 a.m. strikes.  Okay, maybe I should give myself a break. I read blogs and watched videos on youtube while I waited to get myself in my writing zone. By 6 am, frustration started seeping through my nerves. “What the heck is so hard about writing 3 articles for replacement windows and 3 articles for professional organizer?!” Chocolates! I remember one of my former officemate said chocolates can work magic for an idle mind. So I stuffed myself with chocolates early in the morning in hopes that I will soon get in the mood to start doing my articles.

It’s 7 am and I still haven’t started on anything yet. Instead, I am on my blogsite writing about the very thing that has annoyed me since I got up.

When I was applying as a full-time web content writer, one of the questions asked by my team leader was ” how do you fight writer’s block”  I said with caffeine and nicotine. Because I wanted to impress her a little, I also said ” I rarely have writer’s block”. Today, no amount of caffeine or nicotine kicked this annoying block. If she sees this, I’m sure she’d be laughing her head off.

I have officially ran out of ways to win over my biggest writer’s block. Time check: It’s now 7:10 in the morning. My eyes are starting to feel heavy. Maybe sleeping would kick the block out of my system.
I am going to sleep (and wake up) with one thought in mind: I am now officially doomed.

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