Writer's block
I'm having a bit of a tough time writing these days. I just read an excellent description of the problem as articulated by writer Ian McEwan in his book Saturday:
"He prides himself on speed and a sleek, wry style. It never needs much forethought—typing and composing are one. Now he was stumbling. ... his prose accumulated awkwardly. Individual words brought to mind unwieldy objects—bicycles, deckchairs, coat hangers—strewn across his path. He composed a sentence in his head, then lost it on the page, or typed himself into a grammatical cul-de-sac and had to sweat his way out."
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I've always liked Ian McEwan because he's always had such wonderfully vivid descriptions of the human psyche, and that's a great example.
Posted by: Tom | September 25, 2006 03:12 AM