From the course: Conquering Writer's Block
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What writer's block is
From the course: Conquering Writer's Block
What writer's block is
- So, have I got you on the edge of your seat wondering what this elusive condition really is if it's not actually writer's block? Good, mission accomplished. Here's the truth of it. What we often call writer's block is actually not writer's block because, as I explained before, if you are physically capable of writing, you don't have writer's block. You can always sit down and vomit out crappy words all day long. They don't necessarily make any sense, they're not necessarily any good, they might not even fit in with the project you're working on, but you can write them. So, why don't you do that? Why, when we're stuck and think we have writer's block do we not just force ourselves to sit down, vomit bad words onto the page, and call it a day? Because it's not what we wanted to write. It's not the beautiful writing we envisioned in our head. It's not where we wanted the project to go. And it's not perfect. And that terrifies us. In other words, we're hesitant to write because we don't…
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