The roadblock that is writer’s block

Every so often, you find that you can’t think of a single thing to write about — that’s where I am right now. I figured I’d write about that. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Every so often, I’d wager that most of us writers have a day, week, or month (or any other metric of time necessary) where we simply have nothing to write about. It’s not that there’s nothing to write about, in general — let’s be real, the Black community alone is a daily content gold mine — it’s just that the takes aren’t taking and the angles aren’t angling. The vim and vigor with which we usually approach a topic aren’t there, and that makes it difficult to commit anything to digital print. That is where I am right now. Every single day I wake up thinking about what I want to write about and peruse my typical haunts. I forage social media and read all of the legacy newspapers for inspiration, and let me tell you, there’s a bunch of stuff happening. There are a million people who have no business putting feelings in the air, letting off emotional shots left and right providing all types of fodder for content. Except, I’m usually so bored by most of it that I can’t bring myself to type about any of it. For instance, two big stories happening right now […]

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