The midnight’s clock remains ever still
The pen is cold and empty
Before me the screen flashes bright lights
My eyes—blank and uninspired
Take a gander into my gray mind
Try to find anything right
My soul no longer produces words
The fingers no longer type
Why haven’t you come, my characters?
Where have you gone, my pictures?
I have been left and I feel alone
This block is a horrid thing1
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I think that most writers who get a block feel like this.
It's quite beautifully written even though the subject is a negative one.
Good job!
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A good job with the piece its self. I hate that feeling of not being able to come up with anything or not being able to get it across. Want some advice? This is what I did: I was in the passenger seat of a car and I started looking around. The first thing I saw I wrote EVERY description word down for it. I just filled up an entire page describing minute details. Then when it was filled I just wrote on top of the words.
Another thing that works for me is writing a conversation. It doesn't have to start phenomenally. It could be really basic. You could not even know any names. Just write. Writers block tends to be mind over matter, for me anyways. -
What writers block?
Sounds like good muse to me.
I think all of storywrite knows this situation and has experienced it, but you've put it into such rich context and made it sound so beautiful.
Well Done!
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Funny, I looked at the keywords and saw "horror" - that made me laugh. Yes, I think that frustration could have been more intriguing but this placid tone has a symbolism of its own. It shows the drab, unfeeling world that one is ostracized into when one is uninspired. But I think you end anticlimactically and that's a shame. You would have left more of an impression with a strong ending.
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It's pretty good, a bit short and not much emotion, but I can definitely, definitely sympathise!
I would've like to see more of how the writer's feeling frustrated, or uninspired, or alone, or whatever reason he/she can't write for. Very creative though, good description, nice and simple.
Really like the way you used questions, especially ones that most of us can relate with. It added just a little bit more realism and truth to it. I can definitely relate to being stuck in front of a computer screen, desperately wanting to write, but being totally unable to because I was trying too hard!
I think practically everyone can relate to that!
Good Jobbeginning: 4, language: 3, plot: 1, ending: 3, characters: 3.
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