Writers' block

    Writers' block has to be the bane of my exsistance. It is so hard to know what to say and how to say it. Sometimes I will have a paper and even know what I should do but the words do not come, my mind remains blank, and my grades drop. Sometimes I can almost feel the block in my mind like a physical barrier I can't break down. Sometimes it blocks my creativity, sometimes it blocks my effectiveness, but most the time it just blocks any desire to write. Sometimes I just wish I had a mental sludgehammer that I could break that barrier down with. Instead I find my mouse moving to open facebook and the work doesn't proress.
    Almost as bad as general writers' block, is the inability to find the correct word. That moment when the idea is there but a single word is between you and the expression of the idea. Any synonymn has shades and implications that mean something slightly different. In the end either the idea needs to be scrapped or precious time wasted trying in vain to remember the right word. The ability to try and remember is one of the wonders of writing though. When speaking if you forget the word you just sound stupid and there is no recovery.