This is a message to all writers with a blockage
One day you sit in front of your computer or your notebook and the page remains empty. You may be in the middle of a story or just in the beginning but suddenly there is this emptiness. You head feels like something is missing and your heart knows something is wrong. You try to start or continue but there are no words that form up, no head cinema guiding you through the story. You put down your pen and it remains down for a long time. I, being a writer myself, have experienced one of the worst things that can happen to us: a blockage. I was 17, had already been writing for two years, when I met my today's ex. During the relationship and after it was over I wasn't writing anymore but thought I would return to my old self which never happend. My blockage lasted for 3 whole, painful years. A part of me was missing and many empty pages and tearless nights have past since then. My head used to be so full, I used to wake up in the middle of the night to write something down, didn't pay attention in school because I was writing and suddenly everything was over. Now I am 20. My blockage ended about 1 month ago. I'm travelling through New Zealand at the moment and the day my creativity hit me again like a pan in the face was while I was in a meditation and yoga centre. I was just sitting in the quiet living room to overlook an old story when I found myself reading the beginning of a story that never made it further than the first three sentences. My fingers started moving by themselves and 2 hours later the chapter was finished. I can tell you, I can not remember the last time I was so happy that I nearly cried. What I want to say, friends.. DO NOT GIVE UP. You may have it for longer or shorter but the most important tying is not to give up! Keep trying, meditate, write down crap, read, do whatever you can to get back what is a part of your life and your soul. It's never too late. I promise.
