All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don’t get plumber’s block, and doctors don’t get doctor’s block; why should writers be the only profession that gives a special name to the difficulty of working, and then expects sympathy for it? –Philip Pullman
Hear, hear. It’s the job. Extract digit and get on with it.
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Legend says that Isaac Azimov once had writer’s block. It was the worst ten minutes of his life.
Almost every group I speak to, someone asks me if I’ve ever had writer’s block. I try very hard not to snort and/or roll my eyes.
I miss Kate
Delighted to hear it! She’ll be back.
I used to get editor’s block when I was producing award segments and the like. There was the voiceover, sitting there and I couldn’t find the right video to cover it.