When I Don't Want to Write

 Here's a question - what do I do when I don't want to write.

My usual answer is - I don't write. I wait until I'm inspired, then I write.

Unfortunately, sometimes that feeling of not wanting to write lasts a really long time. And so to break out of it, you kinda gotta get out the journal and pen (I very much try to write on paper with fountain pen first, then type into a digital format as part of the Edit process) and just put something down, even if it's just a stupid little something that takes 5 minutes max. Like this one I did from the other day:

Brain Dead

I'm brain dead

And yes that's what I said

And yes that's what you read

And maybe your name is Fred

Don't let that fill you with dread

Or completely unearned street cred

My brain is full of lead

It's spread

like too little butter on too much bread

So yeah - I'm brain dead