Is the writer’s block even real?
By: Millennial Nerd
Tags: Writers On Medium, Writers Block, Writers On Writing, Writing, Writers Life

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What do I write about? What should I really pour my heart into? Should I write on the current trending topics, topics that will definitely garner eyeballs or should I write about something that I have been thinking since long. But what if it doesn’t work. What if I don’t manage to get feedback on my work.

Should I write about emotions, feelings or tribulations of everyday life. I could even write up about anxiety and depression. Or I could express my views on over-stressing and over-thinking over the little things in life (Exactly, as I am doing right now). I am sure women would be able to relate to a rant on over-thinking. Then I think to myself, I could even write on Women Issues, Feminism, Equality, Matriarchy v/s Patriarchy. I could express my viewpoint on so many such issues and throw light on my personal struggle as a woman. This might even strike a chord with majority of the readers. But it’s the month of June, which is the Pride Month. Why should we only talk about Equality among men and women? There are still a plethora of communities seething under the norms of conformity that the world expects them to follow. Closer home, I know my brother is bisexual and he still hasn’t had the courage to come out to our parents. Maybe, writing about the LGBTQIA+ will be the apt topic for now.

Come to think of it, it’s not just the LGBTQIA+ community whose voices need to be heard. We need to talk about the Black Lives Matter Movement. It’s been more than 200 years since America Declared Independence, yet the very Native Americans are having to fight to be treated at par with their fellow “Whites”. But wouldn’t it be hypocritical of me to extol about the Black Lives movement, when in my own country, Dalits are murdered because they “dared’ to visit the nearby temple. Wouldn’t it be hypocritical if I didn’t first voice my concern over the mortified minorities, who are being suppressed under the current political regime?

I could tirade against the current Modi Government and how it has failed the Indians and damaged the very fabric of the Indian democracy I was once proud of. I could also slide in the right-wing politics by Trump and Bolsonaro. I could compare the left and right-wing politics and how half of the world is led by borderline fascist dictators, only because the people voted for them! How paradoxical!

I could mull on the most glorious paradoxes of the world, the bootstrap paradox or the paradox of the probability. I could chronicle in detail the philosophical paradoxes of a human life. Maybe taking inspiration from Gautam Buddha’s words might help. But I would be associating myself with religion and religion is a gigantic topic in itself with issues of Casteism and systematic discrimination on the periphery. Religion is a deterrent to the redistribution of wealth among the rich and poor as the gatekeepers of these religions continue to give alms to the poor but would never dare to uplift them. This in turn is fueled by the demented concepts of Capitalism and Consumerism. Both have incessantly contributed to the insurmountable garbage (both physical and otherwise) on Earth which is, in fact, detrimental to any life on this planet!

Phew!

Of course the writer’s block is real! Umpteen subjects to pen your thoughts on. And, If you fail to cover some you might even be called out for showing selective empathy. I have just written 3 teeny articles and have begun to call myself a W-R-I-T-E-R! Imagine the ordeal that real writers with real stories and real problems have to go through.

That topic is for another day!