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SO! I’ve written about overcoming writer’s block<\/a> before, though that draft post never seems to have been finished, and, regardless, I couldn’t find it when I was generating handouts for my latest writer’s block class at Clockwork Alchemy. So I generated some ENTIRELY NEW HANDOUTS on Overcoming Writer’s Block<\/a>, which I want to share with you today! The first advice, is, of course, just write!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Write! The first, best and last advice: Write. Just write! Write anything at all. Don\u2019t wait for inspiration or the muse\u2014just write! Don\u2019t stop. Don\u2019t think. Force yourself to write something. Put words on the page even if they are not the words you want. The cognitive skill of writing is so complicated that you need to get good enough at it that the act of writing doesn\u2019t get in the way of the act of creating. Write \u201cbla bla bla\u201d if you have to. Trust me, you\u2019ll get bored with that soon. Because the physical act of writing itself is has an almost magical effect of inspiring a new stream of words that you can put on the page. If you can\u2019t think of anything, just write \u201cI am blocked\u201d and describe your feelings about it. That\u2019s worth something. If you don\u2019t know the answers, write the questions. Regardless of what you write, the answer to feeling blocked is to write. Just write!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Beyond the pep talk, I added some references to books on writer’s block – but also extracted some of the findings into a new acronym representing the way that writers who are blocked consciously can torpedo themselves: ERASED, because that’s what it feels like writer’s block is doing to your words!<\/p>\n\n\n\n