Towards the end of last month, and earlier this month, I was extremely fatigued when it came to writing daily. I was most certain that there was NO way in hell's deepest pits I would be able to keep up the month-long streak of a post everyday AGAIN. Yet here I am (ready to almost jinx it), 10 posts away from doing that feat again! As the first few days passed, writing started to feel like second nature again. It felt like a knot somewhere in my brain unfastened itself on it's own, allowing my fingers to start freely flowing. I was trying hard to think and figure out what rid me off the writers' block - something we face more often then we'd like. It seemed important to understand what made my fingers tick again, in other words what unblocked my unwanted writer's block.
To be fair though, this time I wasn't really in a writer's block as per se....it was more of a Writers'....fatigue(?)!
Because regardless how difficult it seemed, I did manage to get a post out somehow and carried on two third of the way this month as well. But all the same, it was important to keep the trick up my sleeve for the unfortunate day the block (or fatigue...whatever) returns to haunt my blog!
The key was glaringly simple as I exerted a bit more of my concentration to pinpointing the source of inspiration. Yeah, books!
Just a couple weeks back I restarted reading books which had become a daily routine for me last couple of month - only to be interrupted toward the end of december when I was too occupied with the world. Funnily enough, my writers' fatigue seemed to kick in quite soon after I had stopped reading. Coincidence? I doubt it!
And not Coincidentally, very soon after I picked back up the habit of reading earlier this month, the fatigue seemed to vanish again. Like magic! (It is however coincidental that I happened to be reading a book of magic - The order of the Phoenix when the magic happened to my writers' fatigue!).
If you too find yourself in a jut sometime, pick up a book and make a habit of reading quite a bit everyday. The knot doesn't unfasten itself instantly. It takes time. Let the words breed in you and you will see how numerous paths open in front as you start to write. Like a buffet dinner, you get to choose the path your words flow! And there's nothing more satisfying for a writer to reach this state of mind!
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