Storyteller’s Howl: Blank Page Syndrome (BPS)

Writers, have you ever stared at a blank document file, or a blank pad of paper, and felt your mind seem to sink into  the blankness of the page? Have you ever felt that you were personally becoming one with the nothingness of the virgin writing surface beckoning you to fill it with prose? If you have, then you’re experiencing something I call BPS – Blank Page Syndrome. And there is help for you! It’s a horrible thing, to be unable to write when you want to. You have the drive, the inspiration, but you’re lacking something that will make you actually start typing or get your pen moving. The page might as well be made of molasses, for all the good trying to type on it will do for you. So you tab away, go on the internet, try and distract...

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