STORYTIME! In the spring of 2025, I wrote a novel – the greatest creative rush I’ve ever experienced in my life. I lived inside that story 24/7. I could hardly sleep because I was so excited all the time. It came after a long spell of writer’s block, and I felt as though I’d stepped…
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How To Overcome Writer’s Block (When Nothing Else Has Helped)
If you google “how to overcome writer’s block”, you’ll find anything from lectures on performance anxiety to suggestions as cheerful as Light a candle for your next writing session or Just keep writing anyway! Neither are helpful, and some I consider downright harmful. Writer’s block exists for a reason, and it doesn’t need to be…