(Reposted from a post years ago. Not because of writer’s block. Just a certain general lack of élan. Which is sort of worse.)

Someone once said there was no such thing as writer’s block. You’re just out of ideas. Um….well, I’d call that a block, wouldn’t you? If you’re out of ideas, you’re blocked from writing. From words. From ideas. From sentences. From endings. Beginnings.

If you happened to follow Sandman while it was on, one of our favorite episodes was where a writer acquires a muse from...