The Myth of Writer's Block
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The Myth of Writer's Block
And maybe the thing you write will be a crock of shit. But you won’t know unless you can bear to put it down. And if you can’t even type it—forget about publishing it, we’re just talking about the initial keyboard action—that means that you don’t want to know yourself.
Sasha Chapin • If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying
But before I get to that phrase, that high board, first I must navigate a fallow period—either blessedly brief or mercilessly long—in which I get in my own way. Eleven books into my writing life, and I still haven’t managed to avoid it, which leaves me with the reluctant belief that it must be fertile in its own fallow way.
Suleika Jaouad • The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
