Comments on: You Call it Writer’s Block

By: I Hereby Give You Permission To Dick Around

I Hereby Give You Permission To Dick Around — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:04:51 +0000

[...] Way back when, Filamena advocated cleaning as a way to get out of writer’s block. [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:39:48 +0000

A former acquaintance of mine once said “When you reorganize one aspect of your life, the rest of the universe reorganizes around you.” A bit metaphysical, but it’s true. The process of cleaning is not just cleaning a room or a desk, it’s also clearing the decks of the mind for new ideas.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:59:13 +0000

The advantage to cleaning too is, a reduction of chaos. Chaos can cause inadvertent anxiety for some, so organization can be a good thing.

But I’ll caution — it’s easy to get swept up in cleaning. A walk is easy to do — 30 mins, you can stop. Cleaning, you can keep finding new things to clean, new ways of organization, and many writers will actually clean as a *means* to procrastination rather than a way to get past procrastination.

For those who can “quit anytime,” though, this is a stellar solution.

– c.