Santa & writing

Skeptic: That shopping mall Santa sure looks fake.

Believer: that’s because he’s not the ‘real’ Santa!

Skeptic: Santa’s handwriting sure looks like Mum’s.

Believer: That’s because he adapts his handwriting to make it look like your parent’s.

Skeptic: How does Santa get into your house? You don’t have a chimney!

Believer: He comes in the window!

Skeptic: How does Santa get to all those houses all in one night?

Believer: He’s magic.

It’s amazing how kids can manipulate the story to uphold a belief.

When you find out Santa isn’t real, it changes everything. It feels like someone flipped a switch. Ah of course he isn’t real! The signs were everywhere!

I think it’s the same for writer’s block. The more you believe it exists the more power it has over you.

‘Why are you saluting a cat?’

‘It’s the only way to get over my writers block.’

‘I can only write when I’m wearing my green hoodie, otherwise I get completely blocked!’

Believing writers block doesn’t exist changes the way you see everything. It just clears the table of all excuses.

Ah of course it doesn’t exist!

It’s a game changer.