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DAMN YOU WRITERS BLOCK!!! Create a prose based on the following concept: (intended conceptually, not literally) Writers block shows up rather regularly, interrupts us, is painful, irritating and often causes headaches. Occasionally indigestion. Playing off the common phrase "aunt flow," (menstruation), one could compare aunt flow (menstruation) and writers block (anti-flow). You can use this play on words and concept to fuel a rant, a comparison, whatever you please. But I think we all agree writers block is a vile creature that must be executed without mercy. May the rage commence!
Here's to the Dark Days
Chapter 22 of 32
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Meeting Your World

     Not being able to think of something to write is just as debilitating as not knowing what you should say to someone when you first meet them.

     You don't want to say just anything because that would be silly. They don't know you and you don't know them. There is no common ground between the both of you, yet. If you just sit there and say nothing, well, that could be just as silly. You seem disingenuine with your thoughts due to your unwillingness to just reveal your thoughts. Not knowing what to write, or having a block between you and the paper feels just like that. 

     So how does one create an original thought or idea, convey the truth they want to impart? How does one strike up a conversation with somebody you haven't met yet? Well, you can start a dialogue between you and the person. It's a challenge of unknown thoughts. Will the things I say offend them, or will they reflect my own thoughts in discourse? 

     My own theory, we have to just 'talk'. Maybe not about ourselves, but about something. We all look at the world around us, so we are constantly building our own blueprints of life around us; What excites us, what we want, who we want, what colors are pleasant right now. These thoughts embody our perception of the world around us, and is our current concept of 'now'. 

     We need to treat that paper like it's that person seeing the world. That paper is conceptualizing your thoughts, they are seeing the world you are about to show them for the first time. Do not hold back when describing what the paper is seeing, because nobody would hold back when drawing their own blueprints of the world around them. When we take note of the 'now', we don't leave out details. We record meticulously to make sure that our perception is coordinated with our schema's and thoughts. We have our own form of quality control when we observe the world.