Comments | eliade: The Search for a Metaphor for My Current Inability to Write

eliade

The Search for a Metaphor for My Current Inability to Write

Feb 22, 2006 22:52

I keep checking my creative mailbox, but it remains empty.

My river of creativity has been dammed up and diverted--by The Man!My stories are songs too beautiful to be sung. Or too stupid. I get those confused ( Read more... )

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copracat February 23 2006, 06:57:45 UTC

Mollusks eat flesh?

Oh my God! They do!

What do mollusks eat?

Some mollusks are vegetarians and only eat algae growing on rocks. Others are carnivores and eat other mollusks or fish. There are also some that filter out particles from the water. Those are called "filter feeders." Humans dislike some mollusks because of what they eat. For example, the oyster drill is a snail that likes to eat oysters which humans want to eat. They drill holes into the oyster shells and eat the animal. Have you ever eaten an oyster?

eliade February 23 2006, 07:04:00 UTC

When you cannot write, ten minutes spent googling to establish the proper species of seabed fauna is a mere trifle.

killabeez February 23 2006, 07:02:57 UTC

It's like... you're cookie dough!
Get her words out!

heeee. Careful, I think you just spent more funny on that post than I've managed in my whole life. OTOH, if your muse is busy laughing her head off, maybe you can sneak up on her.

eliade February 23 2006, 07:06:01 UTC

I almost used that one! Buffy is a metaphor for us all. Er, maybe.

poshcat February 23 2006, 07:10:10 UTC

For someone who can't write...you sure can write.

>>"Hello, my name is Anna. You killed my fiction. Prepare to die."

Bwah! That line is perfect in all situations, really.

>> invited the strippers to my literary party, but...um, wait. I might possibly have forgotten to call the strippers.

::loves hard::

Hey, don't do what I just did and read a story you wrote a long time ago, so you can say, "Wow, that was really good." And then look with cold squinty eyes at what you're writing now. That REALLY doesn't help the old muse, let's just say. xoxox

bitter_crimson February 23 2006, 07:32:06 UTC

"For someone who can't write...you sure can write."

I'm gonna have to ditto that.

the_emef February 23 2006, 16:16:19 UTC

tritto

eliade February 23 2006, 20:33:24 UTC

"Tritto"--that's awesome. I hadn't heard that before. :)

lady_of_asheru February 23 2006, 07:44:46 UTC

This is the most brilliant (and funny) description of writer's block I have ever seen. I am pinning it to my noticeboard as inspiration!
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lyrstzha February 23 2006, 07:57:01 UTC

How about: I've reached my literary credit limit, and all I've got left is this insufficient funds notice.

Or: My stories are songs sung by mice. Unfortunately, mice sing at a frequency too high-pitched for humans to hear.

I just want to say that I really love the way you write, even when you're writing about not being able to write. Also, mind the shrieking eels.