Writer's Nightmare

"Wake up," Wallace told himself.

He thought he was awake, but maybe he was still asleep. He remembered going to bed, but now he was awake. But he believed he must still be asleep because he was having problems writing. His motor functions were deteriorating. When he picked up a pen to write, his hands shook and he couldn't hold onto it. He looked down at illegible gibberish on the the paper in front of him.

How could he call himself a writer if his words were just scribbles on a page? So he decided he must still be asleep.