Writer's Block

  "Writing doesn't have to be so difficult," I told the student who has  difficulty completing writing assignments for his English class.   "You don't necessarily have to stick to the facts when you are writing a journal type entry.  You're free to elaborate, exaggerate, or even fabricate your thoughts and experiences.  The point of the assignment is to develop your writing skills, not to describe actual events."  He listened to my advice, and answered, "Yeah, I get it, I'll just write a bunch of crap."   For this I get paid----but not very much.