Writer’s block. Here’s how it goes:
1) I’ve got five hours free and I’m sat in front of the computer with the compulsion to write a short story. There are colourful characters brewing, but no plot, no twist, no spark.
Make cup of tea number two.
2) Google writer’s block and find these quotes:
‘Writer’s block, I just drove around it four times. All my favorite writers live there.’ Jarod Kintz
‘I don’t get writer’s block. I get writer has too many ideas and doesn’t know which one to start next, block.’ Tyler Hojberg.
Yep, Tyler, now you come to mention it, I have got ideas for short stories – one fully formed with a twist and everything – and other vague ideas.
Make cup of tea number three. Clean bathroom sink.
3) Read two stories on the Costa Short Story Award website, both of them stunning, but The Glassblower’s…
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