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What am I going to write about?

February 14, 2021 By Ellen

Well, write something. Go on. You’ve got nothing else to do. A soundtrack of puppy snores and rain. But there’s a problem. The ideas have fled with the sunshine. Where there used to be jostling dozens muttering at me, there is bleached rock and silence. Maybe a cup of tea would help… Or an actual […]

Filed Under: things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boredom, in my life, lockdown, Something happened in my life, things I've learned, Writer's Block, writing

Writing: seeking satisfaction

October 27, 2018 By Ellen

  Previously, I’d imagined Writer’s block was an empty loft. Nothing there but pigeon shit and echoes It’s not though. It is stuffed, rammed, jammed and bloody well bunged up. Like a colon after Christmas. Too much feasting on the fabulous Bingeing. Masticating and swallowing. Until All at once Immobile, There’s belly ache and belching. […]

Filed Under: Creative Writing Tagged With: creative writing, humour, in my life, MLitt, My Life, on my mind, Writer's Block, writing

More things I learned: birthday edition

June 14, 2018 By Ellen

Writer’s blockage would be nearer the mark. It’s what I feel when there’s so much going on in my head that I don’t know where to begin, where the loose end is to start the unravelling. More in common with road-trip constipation (you know what I mean) than a wistful gaze at a pristine page.  […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: birthday, cancer, Ed Sheeran, sister, Supersister, Writer's Block, writing

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