Journal writers: Beware the rut!

Stephan Pastis, creator of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip, explores the dilemma of journal writers.

And if you think you’re in a writer’s rut, check out this post by K.M. Weiland:
8 Signs You’re Stuck in a Writing Rut—and Why You Should Care

Some favorite points from her 2011 post:

— “And where stagnation lives, art dies.”

— “Challenge yourself to tell each story differently.”

— “Thanks to laziness and fear—and often obliviousness—it’s much too easy to fall into comfortable patterns…”

For those readers/writers in the U.S., have a Happy [though possibly disjointed and untraditional] Thanksgiving.

Any readers/writers from Canada? How was your October 12 celebration…complete with fall colors, right?