Q I suffer from inertia and wonder if you have any cure. Is this the same as writer’s block. Is it hereditary and could I pass on a cure to my descendents. A. Miller, Torquay.
A. There is nothing wrong with inertia in a writer’s life; in fact when a writer is inert she may be at her most active.
Civilians often mistake inactivity in a writer for inactivity. Some non-writers even ascribe their failure to produce anything at all as an artistic writers block.
However, inertia and writers block are two different conditions; the former being a pleasant occupation on a warm summer’s afternoon, the latter being a matter of concern to a writer’s financial advisers.
Writers block can be cured, of course, by giving up writing and therefore the cause for concern. A writer who does not write is not actually a writer, in fact.
In this way, assuming some gainful employment is acquired, the cause for misery and concern amongst semi-destitute dependants will be dissipated.
And so, if they are not miserable in their childhood, they will have less source material in their adulthood to write about.
They will be cured before they are afflicted, a legacy of which any writer could be proud.
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