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Writer's Block: A Battle
Published: 2009-02-05 03:41:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 6898; Favourites: 286; Downloads: 65
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Description
Two opponents on a battlefield.On one side, the tired author,
a sharpened quill in his hand
and deadly computer keys in the other.
On the other side, the blank piece of paper
stands tall,
rejoicing in its power over the meek
author.
En garde!
The quill flashes in the sun
(bright, shiny, deadly)
and the writer advances!
Fwish, fwish, shing!
The paper rolls around and springs back
up, mocking the poor man with
his shiny blankness.
Fight, you heathen!
The writer roars and slashes out
Contact!
black ink splatters across the paper,
spreading quickly and marring the page.
The paper snarls and wraps itself
around the man's arm, leaving him only
with the keys L, O, S, and E
to fight with.
Aha!
The writer shrieks and makes a pass,
desperately aiming at the middle of the page,
and connects!
An "E" attaches to the paper.
Augh! Retreat!
They back up, and the author makes
the first move:
throwing his keys like darts,
and pinning the page to the wall.
Eek!
Bleeding from multiple paper cuts,
the drained writer drags himself over
to the struggling page,
and wearily lifts his quill to
pen the four words of victory:
Once upon a time...
The paper only has breath to moan,
and soon, collapses in on itself,
leaving the writer,
bleeding but victorious,
to hold it up in triumph,
a symbol of mans' conquest
over the treacherous
Blank Page.
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Comments: 180
A perfect description of writers block and the battle it takes to overcome it. I greatly enjoyed this.
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Every time I get writer's block I am going to read this. 
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hehehe.. i never had writer's block in my life.. more like writer's procrastination... but anyways. gah! amazing dude!
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I am looking for writers, who are interested in science-fiction.
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Excelent representation of the dreaded writer's block...Keep up the good work and congrats on the DD.^^
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this is amazing--particulary since i am suffering from block right now. i shall go resharpen my sword!
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I love this. It's definitely something different. A lot of people take on the subject of writing about writer's block and this was a new take on it - the war raging on.
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Such a great way to describe the writer's battle with the horrid block -- and to describe them as "the tired author." Humor-laced, and such a great read as well -- the battle is well-described, in its own way; and God, don't all writers feel that struggle....
(On a lighter note -- the paper cuts. Ow~ XD)
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This is just a great poem and a blank pad is the worst enemy for a writer to face.
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Hey, congratulations on the DD! I think I must have missed the update
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Oh, thanks! ^.^
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You're welcome ^^
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Magnifico! Me gusto bastante, es una buena manera de caracterizar lo dificil que puede ser enfrentarse a los versos de uno mismo! Saludos!
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Magnifico! Me gusto bastante, es una buena manera de caracterizar lo dificil que puede ser enfrentarse a los versos de uno mismo! Saludos!
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Haha, besides the brilliance of the idea, it's just plain well-executed. Congrats on the well-deserved DD.
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Thanks so much! And it is!
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This is just plain awesome!
...it's just what I needed to brighten my day. Thank you so much for it.
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Yeah? Thanks so much for reading it.
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This is so refreshingly original and imaginative, and then you have to make his four words so cliche . . . -_-
These are the four words someone writes when they still HAVE writer's block.
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Thanks! And... sorry!
Lol, very true.
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Maybe you could put the first 4 words to something you wrote. ^^
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I'll think about it.
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This is so awesome. The blank paper really is the writer's worst enemy. Bravo.
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I know, it totally is. 
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I love how you made the battle seem so epic! It fits so well because the battle with writer's block is very epic to the writer with block.
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It is epic! Thanks.
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ahahaha love it. so true. damn them. Well done!
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ahahaha love it. so true. damn them. Well done!
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Ahahah! That is so true. It's wonderfully amusing how you portrayed the battle of writers block. xD
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Oh man! I wish I could do that with my homework! That would be awesome!
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kate my dear, congratulations! 
i love how we were just talking about this, and then, like the next day, you get a DD
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Thanks muc, love.
I know! It's strange!
And thanks again.
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strange, but exciting!
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Excellent work, Prosaic-Scriptor. As a true writer at heart myself, I'm all too familiar with the evil monster that is writer's block and you portray it - and the battle within - simply superbly here.
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It is an evil monster... And thank you so much!
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Lol, that was awesome! Nice pun on his wounds, btw. XD
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*cracks up* This made me laugh so hard. Its absolutely awesome.
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I want more scenario in the blank page! woot !
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Looks like the writer in this poem isn't the only one who experiences this feeling on a regular basis. This writer (and artist) does too. Lol!
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