Comments on: The Blank Page Blues https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/ A Blog On Writing Thu, 30 Jan 2025 03:44:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Mining Your Life for Your Stories | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-127073 Mon, 15 May 2017 11:02:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-127073 […] few weeks ago, the fabulous Kimberly Brock wrote a post about the fear of the blank page. She claimed that there are people who love it and she called them psychopaths and equated it to […]

]]> By: bethtrissel https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126595 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:25:36 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126595 I'm going through what you described right now. Thanks for the perspective.

]]> By: Calisa Rhosealisa https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126590 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 04:15:32 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126590 I need to print and post this near my desk.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126490 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 19:42:24 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126490 In reply to Kimberly Brock.

My FitBit tells me I have about 10% more REM sleep than the average sleeper. I wonder if that's a writer thang....

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126488 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 07:06:28 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126488 In reply to Kimberly Brock.

So true!

]]> By: Roxann Pearson https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126475 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:25:28 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126475 "...the blank page will bring out the truth of you, one way or another." LOVE THIS! Such truth in your words. And while sometimes a bit scary, I find it exciting, too. Because when we as authors look "behind the curtain," sometimes we find things we didn't consciously know were there, and in doing so (hopefully) evolve, not only as writers, but as humans as well.

]]> By: donnaeve https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126426 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 09:37:24 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126426 In reply to Kimberly Brock.

Ah, no, I'm not...but I've heard that before. It's just me and my brother - Mom used to say, "She's the baby of the family." But yeah, neurotic is also a good way to describe my own internal workings. 😉

]]> By: Kimberly Brock https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126423 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:59:51 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126423 In reply to littlemissw.

Ha! I LOVE this: "when the story is fizzing in your head..." That is PERFECT!! Step One of the Novel Writing Process: Mental Carbonation. 🙂

]]> By: Kimberly Brock https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126422 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:58:41 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126422 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

I have CRAZY dreams! I think I never stop writing stories, not even in my sleep!

]]> By: littlemissw https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/03/the-blank-page-blues/#comment-126421 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 00:39:08 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31292#comment-126421 I like the bit before the actual beginning - when the story is fizzing in your head and you can SEE how good it's going to be. But yes, that actual first line on the first page is a killer

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