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Creators Board => Writers => : Snoww February 09, 2010, 03:20:27 -07:00

: Writer's Block, plus "The Winter After"
: Snoww February 09, 2010, 03:20:27 -07:00
(Here is something I wrote about a half a year ago, it's still in progress, unedited. I haven't found much motivation to edit nor continue it but I'd appreciate your thoughts. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2552747. (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2552747.))

Writer's Block:

I like to use an analogy I thought of recently to articulate (in a way) of the difficulties I face when trying to get brain on paper.

Imagine a pitcher of water, the pitcher glass being my skull and the water being my thoughts, yearnings, desires, emotions... etc. Essentially my brain.

The problem isn't that I lack water, heck the water is at the rim, occasionally spilling over the edge and into oblivion. The issue is pouring the water.

With a normal pitcher of water, a wolf would just walk up to it, and use his tongue to ladle it into his maw. Nor can the wolf physically pick up the pitcher of water without catastrophic failure; the tongue works fine.

With that said, writing is a very human thing and humans can not ladle the water into their mouths. So the wolf has to pick up the full pitcher of water without spilling or dropping the whole thing; and precariously and cautiously pour the water into the vegetation or plant(s) without drowning or depriving the plant life-form of water.

Now this analogy can be applicable in many different circumstances. I can defiantly figure out a couple others except for writers block, but I'm just going to stick to that.

I sometimes think of another analogy, just going for broke and putting my brain on paper for people to read and decipher.... but then I am sure people would be freaked out and run away, not to mention I need my brain to survive.

Words and writing and literature are very human, yet they inspire and deter me at the same time... sort of a bitter-sweet kind of thing. Though if I had it my way I'd leave this enslaved society and be with my packmates once again as I did in previous life times.

Though for some reason I am here to stay for a while, weather it be in torment and anguish or... well.. I can't think of any antonyms at this time.

FC2010 con report is underway, other than that I can't say for sure.