Tell Me A Tale in 120 Words: The Cure For Writers’ Block

I’m late to the party again, but this month’s TMAT120 prompt from the lovely and talented Joelle at Two On A Rant is, “Tell me about your cure for writers’ block.” To review, the challenge is to respond in 120 words, which I, in my rule-bound way, have taken to mean 120 words exactly, no more, no less.

Being intimately familiar with writers’ block, how could I refuse this gauntlet, once thrown my way? So while it’s still July, I offer my response (which Word Press counts as precisely 120 words, and if you count differently, please don’t tell me; I have enough problems with numbers as it is):

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Simple Cure for Writers Block

• If you think you have writers’ block, you are correct.
• If you think writers’ block does not exist, you are also correct.
• Writers’ block is a fiction.
• You write fiction.
• Ergo, at some point, you will experience writers’ block.
• It could look like this:
• Or perhaps this:

• Or something like this:

• Your block is unique to you, but all blocks are cured with four ingredients:
  1. A chair.
  2. Time
  3. Something to write with.
  4. Your butt.
• Apply (4) to (1) and combine with (3).
• Add (2).
• Add more (2) as required.
• Repeat.
• Repeat.
• Repeat.
• Continue until block is cleared and words flow again.
• Maintain daily application to prevent return of condition.
• I said it was simple. I didn’t say it was easy.

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