Article: Overcoming Writer?s Block: Avoiding The Trap

Overcoming Writer?s Block: Avoiding The Trap

I may as well just say it. Writer?s block, I?m convinced, doesn?t exist. Mostly, I think, authors use writer?s block as an excuse to explain to themselves, an editor, or a concerned spouse why the book isn?t done or the chapter hasn?t been turned in.



Writing is talking on paper. Sometimes literally. And you never hear someone say, ?I can?t talk anymore. I?ve got talker?s block. There just aren?t words there that can come out.?



That said, there are several common traps that new writers especially stumble into?and these traps stop writing progress.



Size Matters



One of the easiest traps is letting the sheer size of book stop writing, as mentioned earlier. The prospect of writing 300 pages is daunting. Especially that first day you si...
 

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