Writer's Block

"I'm filled with confidence when I begin, but by the end of a writing night I'm left to wonder if other writers feel the way I do-- that with each letter, word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, I'm digging a toe-hold, gripping a rock, a fool on a mountainside, alone and ill-equipped, a disastrous fall more likely than a gloried ascent. Why did I start climbing? Where am I now? Who gives a shit if I reach the summit?" -The Girls

I'm trying my hand at fiction. I won't lie, it's the hardest thing to do. There are so many ways to say something, so many words to use, structures to consider, points of views to take, so many complexities, thought processes, character construction...
...but it is so much fun to create a different world.

I'm reading one of my favourite modern short story writers, Jhumpa Lahiri, she is a master at her craft, such subtleties.

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This week has simply flown by. All week, I only had one day of full teaching (Wednesday). And today (Friday), I had only one class. I took a lesson plan from the workshop I went to and played to my class the song "If I had a million dollars" by The Barenaked Ladies. Then I got them into groups and told them to make a poster answering different questions: what if I were famous, what if I had a million dollars, what if I had super powers,etc. This one group of boys who had to answer the question "What if I had a million dollars" simply drew a picture of a massive house with a gigantic clock on the outside. There were big windows, nice landscaping, and a long walkway up the door. Two pretty girls are standing outside the door under a bright light, there is a limo out front with five male bodyguards, and the air is littered with paper money. It was by far my favourite depiction of a rich person so I stole it and now it hangs in my cubicle. It makes me smile :)