Conquering Writer's Block
- Sep 9, 2013
- 2 min read
Finally conquering what seems like the longest bout of writer's block has brought me here. I finished the long-awaited Chapter 22, a chapter I have been waiting to write since I got the idea almost two years ago. With this chapter done I only have five more, plus the epilogue before the second book in this series is completed. Notice I said completed and not finished. There will still be many rounds of revisions and edits before Book Two is actually done but for now, I'm thrilled that I finally finished this chapter!
How did I do it? Well I stopped over thinking the chapter and the process of writing a chapter and just sat down and worked. I wrote word by word without thinking about how it was all going to come together and almost miraculously, it did come together. I found this really great spot on the Buffalo State College campus and wrote any chance I got and a week later, the chapter was done!
Between finding this spot and listening nonstop to The Civil Wars, I worked through whatever subconscious roadblock was keeping me from continuing down this path, this road to finishing the second book. I think writer's block is as simple as tearing down the walls that you, yourself have built in order to keep moving forward. It's as simple as figuring out what tools help you and then going to work on tearing down those walls, working on those words, and simply writing.
I mean that's how this whole thing started. It started because I loved to write, because I felt compelled to write this story. And now, all these years and drafts and characters later, I feel like I need to remember how it all started so I can keep heading towards the finish line. After all, if we're not moving forward we're simply stuck. Because we can't go back and I'm not sure I would want to go back; to the beginning, to a time when no one knew I was writing these books. Because I would lose these people that have given me more support than I ever dreamed and it is through them that I find the courage to keep working on this project. This book started for me and it will end with me but somewhere in between that single story, I hope to share this with the world, word by word, chapter by chapter, and book by book.
xoxo
K.K.
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