Boot Camp Writing

Today, I am going to start the two week Writing Boot Camp from Writer's Digest. If you want to join my quest, you can get a copy here. 

Day 1 is "Breaking Up With Writers Block". I am supposed to write a letter to Writer's Block (they have given me the first sentence) and go from there... 

So without further adieu, here it is! 

Dear Writer's Block,

It's not you, it's me. You see, I've decided that I deserve more. More than a life staring at blank pages. More than a life stressing about the fact that the words won't fill my veins and travel to the tips of my waiting fingers. My fingers that ache to type away at the keyboard, but find they are paralyzed with fear. Fear that what comes out of these hands of mine will not be good enough. That the words, when they do come, will be inadequate and lifeless. 

You have sat there, obstructing my path to glorious unhindered creativity, like a dark, ugly boulder. The longer I stare at you, the smaller I feel. But I will wait no more! I am going to write, and I am going to share my story with the world. I am going to take every reader by the hand and pull them deep into my world to show them the wonders that I have seen. The scenes that play out in my head, so vivid and real I know my characters better than I know myself.

I hope you understand. There are so many other writers in the world you could be with - but I am not one of them. It's time to break up, Writer's Block. For good this time.

-Brittany