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Okay. We all have this little thing that decides to come annoy us once in awhile. Sometimes it leaves as quick as it has come; sometimes it sticks. And sticks. And sticks. It's called a block. A block that can ruin up many many things; especially writing. There is a term known as a pain in the butt= Writer's Block. Yes, we have probably all experienced it, little or to the extremes. Just hearing it can make a person go, "Ugh!" Yeah. Ugh.

So this is my rant about my Writer's Block.

No, it's really there; it's almost constantly in my mind, telling me that I have to get to writing, but absolutely nothing imaginative is coming up in my mind. Nothing at all. Okay, so maybe a few things might pop up, but they suck. I want to sometimes end my stories with these such scenarios (using some of my characters as examples-the very ones that are currently in my uncompleted story) :

Tekachi walked up to Whisper, his gait determined and his mind set. He would do it. He walked up to her and leaned down, quickly feeling her lips respond to his. The whole world ended around them and no war took place. THE END.

Did you watch as the scene slowly, just slowly, then quickly die? That's how quick my mind depletes everything good out - hence the Writer's Block sets in and I soon become ignorant and refuse to go on, because I know that I couldn't write anything better.

Just what is the problem behind my Writer's Block? I know what I want; I just don't know how to put it in words. I want to make it longer than normal and make everything seem to flow. But now why don't I get it to flow as easily as I want it? The last chapter I wrote I was criticized for making it short; that was a result of my Writer's Block. I didn't know how to make it flow; I didn't know how to make it longer.

I'm ready to just quit the story because of my Writer's Block because I'm beginning to lose what I want and the I know I'm losing the focus of how I wanted my characters to develop and how I wanted it to end.

Some authors say they are never affected by Writer's Block, and some are actually published authors. I wish I could say, "Oh, how I envy them." But no... somehow they must have problems of their own, but they also know how to take care of it.

"Oh how I envy them..."

Yeah, it doesn't do anything for me or my story. Heck, I think the best thing to try to get a story re-started or getting back into it is print it out, re-read the story, and write down notes as you read through it then write down thoughts once you're done with it, the thoughts being of what will happen next; don't laugh at the ideas, but write them down and sort them out.

And look at this blog.

It was going to be a rant, but it turned out to be alike a paper, and it helped me develop ideas to overcome Writer's Block; some people say that it will go away by itself- but why not just try overcome it while you still have the chance? Or...

"Do.... or do not. There is no try."
- Yoda