Being in a drought sucks.
Relationship drought. Happiness drought. Pinterest success drought. Writer’s drought.
They all suck. But then you come across something so awesomely well-put together that you’re just inspired to break through and you see the it-can-happen-possibilities.
Yeah.
That’s exactly what happened.
I’d been struggling for a bit with one of my projects and just couldn’t get passed that crappy phase where you write and read and rewrite and then just scrap it. I couldn’t find the right combination and completely forgot what it looked like.
At this point, which happens often in a drought, I usually search the Podcast universe for inspiring talks from writers like Stephen King and Elizabeth Gilbert, or I search for you-can-do-it articles.
But this time the live show did it for me.
I sat there and just loved how well he had put that together. I got lost in the stories and laughter of it and completely forgot that hey … he probably struggled while writing, working, and reworking on this. It didn’t occur to me that he had ever struggled at all because it felt like such a natural conversation with an amazingly funny storyteller.
And I was like … man … he’s such a good writer.
Louis CK.
I saw his show last night and the writer in me was inspired to get my act together and handle my business. It was stand-up comedy and I’m aware that it’s a different genre but it was still pretty cool to watch something like that play out. I know he writes a script but sometimes he goes off script as he feeds off the crowd’s energy and adjusts and moves things around. He finds the funny in life’s sucky moments
Finding the funny. I love that. I’m still studying it and trying to apply it daily. I mean there are so many out there that do that successfully … Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, Will Ferrell, Jon Stewart, Chris Tucker, Mike Birbiglia, Chris Rock, George Lopez, Cedric The Entertainer, and so many others. They craft their message in such a way that it keeps you engaged.
I saw that last night on stage and was like man! I want my stories to feel that way. So inspiration struck and it hung around long enough to get me unstuck. Sometimes the best way to clear your crazy, stubborn, writer’s block, procrastinating mind is by watching someone else do it so well.
The Wish Factor 