Writer's Block

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Okay, this was inspired by another writer, Cendrine Marrouat , who created a page where people who admired her work could find links to all the other stories published on Vocal, including her Top Stories.
By Kendall Defoe 3 months ago in Writers
Anywhere, But Here
The past week has been both illuminating and depressing. Now I am sitting here with no desire to write, and I am not happy about it. I feel that I may be wasting a lot of time on the wrong things in my journey as a writer.
By Alexandra Grant4 months ago in Writers
A Writer's Notebook
Everyone knows that every great story starts with a single idea. However, the problem is that ideas rarely arrive at the exact time when we’re sitting at our desks and ready to write. They tend to appear while we’re driving to work, standing in line at the grocery store, watching a movie, or trying to fall asleep. If we don’t capture them in the moment, then they might be gone forever unless you can remember them.
By Esmeralda Hawkins4 months ago in Writers
Exploring Internal Resistance in My Writing Process
We don’t procrastinate because we’re lazy. More often than not, we’re exhausted. Or we have internal resistance to a task that is stopping us from simply diving into it.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA4 months ago in Writers
Yes It Was Wednesday
He was shuffling his coffee cup, through the dirty beam of light that filtered under the flowered drapes of the kitchen window above the sink, quietly thinking about feeding the cat when she asked.
By Owen Taylor4 months ago in Writers
RIP Me
Chloe Rose: Loving Mother, Friend, and Writer. The Official Notice from the office of Unfiltered Chloe: Contrary to recent rumors (which I have apparently started), I have not died. I've simply been missing from Vocal long enough to warrant an obituary.
By Chloe Unfiltered4 months ago in Writers
If Only I Could Meet the Many Versions of Myself . AI-Generated.
Lately, I’ve caught myself wishing for something strange, almost impossible, multiple versions of me. At first, even I didn’t fully understand what I meant by that. It sounded abstract, maybe even dramatic. But the feeling behind it has become clearer with time. Life, right now, doesn’t feel like a rollercoaster. A rollercoaster has pauses, endings, moments where you step off, breathe, and laugh at the intensity of it all. What I’m experiencing feels more like a river rushing down an endless mountain, no stillness, no plateau, just constant motion. And when the mountain doesn’t seem to end, neither does the exhaustion.
By Nilay Jain4 months ago in Writers
Why Writers Use Text Case Converters. AI-Generated.
Writing is often viewed as a purely creative process, but experienced writers know that producing quality content involves much more than putting words on a page. Editing, formatting, proofreading, and maintaining consistency are all essential parts of creating professional content.
By Joses Peter5 months ago in Writers
Are You Still Sitting on the Fence About Becoming a Serious Writer?
Many years ago, I wrote about how I was inspired to become a writer, because of a particular book: The Courage to Write. Please enjoy what I originally shared and feel free to comment on your own inspiration, either for your overall career as a writer, or simply for your inspiration when it comes to writing on Vocal or other platforms.
By Justiss Goode5 months ago in Writers
I Write to Outlive the Version of Me Who Almost Didn't
The first time I almost stopped writing, I was twelve and my mother found the notebook. It was a spiral-bound thing, the cover soft with use, pages crammed with poems I wrote in the margins of math classes, during the silences after dinner, in the twenty minutes before sleep when the dark felt safe enough to be honest. I had hidden it under my mattress because that was where important things went in the stories I read—treasure maps, diaries, the evidence of selves too fragile for daylight.
By Muhammad Sabeel5 months ago in Writers
Where to Buy a Cooler Bag? Easy Options for Every Need. AI-Generated.
Cooler bags have become increasingly popular, especially for food delivery, takeaway businesses, grocery shopping, outdoor activities, and daily commuting. The right cooler bag can help maintain food quality, keep beverages cold, and improve the overall customer experience.
By Integrated Spunbond Bag Manufacturing Plant5 months ago in Writers
Writers Block
Here's what I see the little cursor teasing me asking me to write. Write something moving, motivating or just plain weird. Where do I start? Maybe from the beginning, but where will that take me? Will I have an initial incident? A problem to solve? Again, I have no idea, but there goes that little text cursor blinking. Expecting me to write. Chat GPT, should I rely on the AI that has been taking jobs left and right? Forget about editing and rewriting when AI can do it for you. Forget about coming up with clever ideas, when Chat GPT can write that for me. Forget about the twists in my plot, the storylines that captivates an audience when AI can just do the hard work for me. I used to just stare at the blank page before me hoping something would come to me, but now I can ask Chat GPT "Hey there, give me an idea to write about?" and boom the AI immediately starts writing down ideas and splurging on without needing to think about it, I wish my brain worked like that.
By Adrianna M. Braun5 months ago in Writers