Here’s a tip on what to do when you have Writer’s Block and can’t think of anything to say. Sit down and write for 5 minutes (or 2 pages, or whatever metric appeals to you) and start every sentence with “I want to write about …” Trust me, your mind hates sentences with subjects and no predicates. It will fill something in, and then you too will know. Here’s what I wrote the last time this happened to me:

I want to write about big meaningful stuff that shouts “Wisdom! Wisdom! Get Your Red Hot Wisdom Here!” Ha, I am funny. I want to write about how we’re all swamped by our own loneliness and how joy and fear co-exist, living together in a too-small overstuffed apartment in my head. I want to write about how life calls for courage, we have no choice but to be courageous or die. I want to write about my cat using her scratching post even though she knows she’s not supposed to, is that courage to be herself in spite of my orders, or rebellion in the face of my orders, or simply just because scratching one’s claws feels good and at this moment nothing else matters?

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