Why "Writer's Bloc?"
Why Writers Bloc? Especially since I don’t believe in Writer’s Block. Whenever I hear Writer’s Block, the image of a crusty old journalism professor from about a hundred years ago pops into my head and I hear him saying (shouting): Writer’s Block? Bull……lony. Get the seat of your pants onto the seat of your chair! The one in front of your typewriter---(that would be computer today.) And you know what? It works. I have years of experience to prove it. Just start writing. Anything. Pretty soon you feel like writing. Pretty soon you might even write something good. But I digress.
So Writers Bloc means a place for writers or just folks interested in what makes writers tick. A place where people have something in common and share common interests and goals—a bloc. What it does not mean is a place for writers to “whine and wine.” No whining wanted here. As for the wine, well, be my guest. What I would like to do is talk about writing—what inspires us, what we do and how we do it, how we grapple with challenges and problems.
Challenges and problems? Yeah, like the one Hemingway mentioned. An interviewer once asked him what his problem had been in writing one of his books, and Hemingway replied: “Getting the words right.” Those kinds of problems.
And everything about the writer’s life which, as my good friend, Lisa Unger, reminds me is a great life. Indeed we are privileged to do what we do.
Also anything you want to say about Books. Books you have loved, books you keep going back to, books that help you as a writer. How-to-books, if you like. But the books that help me the most are books that are damn well written. I read them and see how to do it. I’ll be mentioning some of my favorites as we go and would love to hear about yours.
Since I have just started another Wind River mystery novel—let’s see, that would be novel number sixteen (and I can’t believe that. I’m not that old.)—I will be posting as I make my way through the novel. Step by tedious step. Actually I promise it won’t be tedious. In fact, I will probably write a post after I have figured out one of those getting-the-words-right problems, and after I have pulled out my hair when I can usually look back and even—well, you know—laugh about it.
So any comments you want to make, all you writers and hopeful writers out there, any questions, anything you would like other writers to discuss and enlighten us about, please chime in. I mean, I can’t do this blog all by myself! How boring would that be?
posted by Margaret Coel
So Writers Bloc means a place for writers or just folks interested in what makes writers tick. A place where people have something in common and share common interests and goals—a bloc. What it does not mean is a place for writers to “whine and wine.” No whining wanted here. As for the wine, well, be my guest. What I would like to do is talk about writing—what inspires us, what we do and how we do it, how we grapple with challenges and problems.
Challenges and problems? Yeah, like the one Hemingway mentioned. An interviewer once asked him what his problem had been in writing one of his books, and Hemingway replied: “Getting the words right.” Those kinds of problems.
And everything about the writer’s life which, as my good friend, Lisa Unger, reminds me is a great life. Indeed we are privileged to do what we do.
Also anything you want to say about Books. Books you have loved, books you keep going back to, books that help you as a writer. How-to-books, if you like. But the books that help me the most are books that are damn well written. I read them and see how to do it. I’ll be mentioning some of my favorites as we go and would love to hear about yours.
Since I have just started another Wind River mystery novel—let’s see, that would be novel number sixteen (and I can’t believe that. I’m not that old.)—I will be posting as I make my way through the novel. Step by tedious step. Actually I promise it won’t be tedious. In fact, I will probably write a post after I have figured out one of those getting-the-words-right problems, and after I have pulled out my hair when I can usually look back and even—well, you know—laugh about it.
So any comments you want to make, all you writers and hopeful writers out there, any questions, anything you would like other writers to discuss and enlighten us about, please chime in. I mean, I can’t do this blog all by myself! How boring would that be?
posted by Margaret Coel
posted by Margaret Coel at 9:20 AM
1 Comments:
Hello Margaret this is Peter.
I thought I'd use this forum to reiterate something I emailed before, How about Everett Ruess?
How much trouble would it be to make that a Wind River Mystery? I guess you would have a LOT of fiction in it but I think it would make a hell of a story. And since we've lost Tony, I can't think of any other Author who could do it. What do YOU think?
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