Writers Block
Writer’s block is the biggest myth out there. The idea that you’re just lost for any possible words isn’t some vague illness that strikes people when they’re trying to be creative. You’re not missing the words; you’re missing the research. All ideas are combination of preexisting ideas. So if you’re “out” of new ideas it’s probably because you don’... See more
American journalist, author, and filmmaker Sebastian Junger once wrote on the subject of “writer’s block”: “It’s not that I’m blocked. It’s that I don’t have enough research to write with power and knowledge about that topic. It always means, not that I can’t find the right words, [but rather] that I don’t have the ammunition.”7
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against writer's block is taking a promising turn. These platforms serve as a modern-day muse, suggesting not just words but whole worlds, characters with their quirks, and plots with their twists.
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Most aspiring authors fail because they sit down expecting to write linearly from start to finish. Then they wonder why they're staring at a blank page with nothing to say. The truth is, writer's block isn't real. It's just what happens when you haven't collected enough fieldstones.
Why Collecting "Fieldstones" Will Transform Your Writing (And Your Bank Account)
