Anybody with demolition experience...

[gridlore]

.. know how to rig C-4 to blow Writer's Block?

This empty screen is mocking me. All the words and ideas are right behind my eyes, swirling there like jets stacked up over an airport, but the runways are closed..

I'm trying my usual tricks, writing something other than Traveller, writing haiku about the Giants

Ninth inning, our lead
Vanishes in summer fog
Bullpen blows the save.

But not one word is coming through.

*headdesk*

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[isomeme.livejournal.com]

My more-often-than-not fix is to get up from my desk and walk away until a ready-for-writing idea forms in my head, whether that takes until I reach the door or the next town. Often I find that simply changing scenery and activity level is enough to dislodge the block. Also, having that usable idea and not being able to type it right away (as you walk back) builds energy and gives you time to further pester the Muse while she's in the neighborhood.

Here's my baseball haiku:

Excitement in stands
Mom is screaming, cats are scared
Must be a good thing.