Have you ever had writer’s block? There are 10 basic stumbling blocks to writing. Writer’s block has happened to any writer regardless of the genre, the age, or the experience of the writer.
Recognizing where you are on the list helps you at least say, “Hey, I’m stuck!” How do you deal with each factor is a highly individual thing. Thomas Mann once wrote, ” a writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
So what can you do about the dreaded Writer’s Block? Some people take a walk, go to the gym, or garden. Others take a refreshing nap and come back with a new perspective or renewed energy and motivation. Whatever the root cause of your writing block you will get through it…just like every other author…just don’t give up!
Think of writer’s block as a pause in preparation for the writing to come. Get over it, push through it. Don’t get Velcro Butt! Take a break and come back. Your plot, your characters, your outline, they will be waiting! Perhaps Nathaniel Hawthorne said it best, ” Easy reading is damn hard writing!”
Yes, we’re pleased to report a “local boy does good” story.
Sign up for the creativity seminar, “Fueling the Creative Mind” with Jurgen Wolff, Oct 17, 2009 and receive two great tip sheets from the world-renowned creative writing coach:
Island memoirist Jennifer Culkin won a Rona Jaffe Foundation award last fall for her first book, A Final Arc of Sky: A Memoir of Critical Care. I promise you, if you read this book, you will always think of her when the Life Flight leaves Bainbridge Island. She’ll be visiting the Field’s End writers’ roundtable on Tuesday Sept 15 to discuss how keeping a journal ultimately led to the writing of this amazing book. 
