From the course: Conquering Writer's Block
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The tortured artist
From the course: Conquering Writer's Block
The tortured artist
- Aha, so you've chosen to take the red pill, huh? Wise choice young Padawan. Okay, now I'm just mixing up my movie metaphors. I'll stop. But I applaud you for not skipping over this section and heading right to the Prolific Writer's Toolbox. Your mind will thank you. Your writing will thank you. Hey, even your friends and family will thank you because I promise this foundational work we're going to do in this section, will make you a lot more sane and pleasant to be around. So, let's get into it. What do you picture when I say the word writer. Far too often, I think people picture this. A tortured soul sitting at a desk, littered with empty coffee mugs, literally pulling out their hair in giant unwashed clumps, cursing the inspiration that never showed up and screaming, "gah, I have writer's block!" Far too often, we writers think of ourselves as tortured artists. We think that good writing requires suffering. And then if you don't agonize over your art, it's not real art and hence…
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