I’ve said that I don’t get Writer’s Block so much as Writer’s Blank. That is, I sit staring at the page or computer screen and think, “I got nuthin’.” Well, now I have something new and I don’t have a name for it.
I sit down and write a paragraph. Bing, no problem. Then I look at it and say, “That’s dumb. Nobody wants to read that. Erase that and write something else.”
This can go on for several paragraphs. Sometimes I erase it (or cross it out if I’m writing). Sometimes I let it stand, because if you read these things later, they often don’t look so bad.
The problem is, while it is standing there, I don’t feel like writing anything else. It’s like I just ate something that didn’t taste good and I don’t want to take another bite. If I erase it, I can usually write another paragraph which I immediately erase. I really don’t like doing that. Suppose the paragraph was perfectly all right? Now I’ll never know.
I must say, I’m not having a very good time writing this, and that is sad, because usually I enjoy the act of writing. Usually, once I get over the Blank and write a paragraph, I write another paragraph and so on till I have a blog post. Today I’m writing another paragraph and trying really really hard not to erase it.
Oh, it is a bad day for Mohawk Valley Girl.
I feel really bad making this post today (Tuesday) because I feel it is really lame, and we all know Friday is the day for lame posts. All I can do is (once again) apologize, and try again tomorrow. My reasoning (once again) is that if I’m going to make a blog post every day, some of them are bound to be lame.
Hit publish quick before I erase this whole thing!
Mohawk Valley Girl 
I know what you mean. Happens to me all the time. I have come to find that just writing what I had intended on writing then going back and editing later helps. Sometimes you may not publish, but it is the act of getting out a complete idea that works. Keep at it. I enjoy your writing.
Thanks. That’s one reason I like to write in a notebook before I get on the computer. I can cross it out but more often let it stand till later. Or, you know, one slash through it. Hell, I can read through a slash. The computer is so seductive. A couple keystrokes and the offending paragraph is gone.