Someone on Tumblr asks Brian Michael Bendis on how to get around writer's block. Bendis responds with
this will sound harsh but you’re probably not a writer. writer’s writer every day. it’s ok, not everyone is. but if you consider yourself one, get off your ass and get back to work!! write about why you haven’t been writing . anything. just write.
It's the exact same advice that NaNoWriMo is based on ("give yourself permission to write badly"). It's not the most creative advice but he's write, just fucking write something. If you've ever been interested in being a writer you've probably been told that a million times. He said that a lot in the class he taught at Portland State last year.
Tumblr responds with this gem:
..This post is ableist as fuck. Some weeks, I’m lucky if I can get myself in the shower at least once. But I’m expected to write EVERY DAY?! Apparently only neurotypicals are allowed to be writers.
Fuck that and fuck you.
How dare he suggest that if you want to be [verbal noun] you have to [do verb from which verbal noun derives].
If you want to see the whole thing it's
here.
e: A lot of these kind of guys got mad because this doesn't count as writing.
But make no mistake. I don’t write it on paper or in a word processor every day, but I have whole finished stories written in my head.
