Writer's Block: Born to do it

[Error: unknown template qotd]Probably writing (I note that most other people seem to say this -- perhaps not surprising in response to a prompt entitled 'Writer's Block'! -- but that was actually my original reaction).

It's hard work, difficult to motivate yourself and dispiriting when it goes badly, but on the plus side it can be done almost anywhere (unless you're one of these computer-dependent modern people who can't handle a pen and some random scraps of paper for text input...), and you get to live some wonderful or possibly harrowing experiences at the same time as your characters. After all, what other profession offers the combination of playing God and being a voyeur?

(I would say that it's the only job that offers omnipotence, but even fictional characters have a nasty habit of getting ideas of their own or else flatly refusing to co-operate with the requirements of the plot!)

Writer's Block: Better than leftovers

[Error: unknown template qotd]Bread and milk. Lots of scope for variety (assuming you're allowed different kinds of bread, optional sugar/seasonings sprinkled etc.), I'm fond of bread, and according to E.Nesbit -- who was pretty shrewd about a lot of things in the adult world -- it is the best supper in the world (even if not the nicest...)

Writer's Block: Teenage dream

[Error: unknown template qotd]I would be struck completely dumb; my heart would start pounding loud enough to break its way out of my ribs (it's doing that already at the very thought of such a concept), I would probably break out in a hot sweat and go either scarlet or sheet white and would be far too terrified to speak. As I don't suppose either of us would be able to say anything particularly meaningful any conversation would be horribly stilted and uncomfortable. Afterwards I expect I would find myself sobbing in despair until I was physically sick again at the wasted opportunity.

Writer's Block: Waitin' for a super name

[Error: unknown template qotd]I was the Red-haired Map-maker at one point... (I'm not red-haired in real life, but my brother is; and that character was.)

I'd probably just be the Wordsmith ;)