"Writer's Block"

"Writer's block"-I've been told that there is no such thing. It is merely a mind trick people use on themselves to persuade their own brain that they cannot write at the moment. The phrase itself is interesting because it uses the word block. When I think of a block I think of something that is in the way of where you are headed. It is an obstacle but not a definite dead-end. An obstacle is something you can get over whether you go through it, over it, under it, or around it, it is possible to move on. A dead end means that you are at the end. That there is no further for you to go unless you turn around and go back from where you came. Unlike an obstacle there's is nothing on the other side of the wall. As a writer facing "writer's block" I feel almost a sense of gratitude and relief because I know that I have gotten this far, and I can feel inside of me too much perseverance to just give up now. To those who say "writer's block" is such a bad thing, I protest. Because at least writer's block is just that a block in the path. If I did not have this and I truly could not move on and see no way beyond my current state then I would have a dead-end and that is it. The end of me being a writer. I would have to turn around and go back down the path of life until I came to the crossroads where I chose a career, and choose another. So to have this, "writer's block" is a blessing in disguise. It gives me a sense of reassurance that a writer I am to be.

-GreenGirl