My Pre-writing Freeze | Words Count

I know logically that I can write something, but this always happens when I’m expected to write something.

A couple of months ago I was invited to write a short fiction piece for an online journal. I happy agreed because I loved the project.

But when I sat down to work on something for it, I was gripped by my familiar and what I now call my pre-writing freeze. I wouldn’t call it writer’s block—although perhaps that’s what this is. It doesn’t quite feel as ser…