Friday, December 04, 2009

Writer's Block

Writer's block is the ultimate nightmare of anyone who lives by his pen.
— Terry Teachout, "When Artists Dry Up: What makes great creators go silent? And is it always a bad thing?" WSJ (Nov 28, 2009).

3 comments:

Douglas 9:22 AM  

If the pen is mightier than the sword and one who lives by the sword dies by the sword does that mean he who lives by his pen will die by it?

:)

Ched,  12:18 AM  

Doug,

You've reversed my metaphor with your punchy, penetrating logic.

If Iron sharpens Iron, what does Ink do to Ink?

Doug,  10:21 AM  

it makes a mess! :)

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