I'm not sure I believe writer's block exists per se, but I do know from personal experiece that external factors (stress, real life situations and other disturbances) contribite to pulling the mind frpm the writing. I also think that if you go and go and go without taking a break,idea's will just dry up- and I know self-doubt and low self esteem impact deeply on that - personal experience again.
I went through three years of constant start-stops and despising every word I typed until I just didn't write anything at all, and I think the only way to "cure" the block is to walk away, be it for a day or a year or more, and not put pressue on yourself fo finish.
In three years I changed as a person and when I finally had the confidance and sat back in my computer chair, I had a different mind set and fresh eyes and now I'm writing 2000-3000 words a day on several different projects and if I hit a bump in one, I switch to another and let my subconscious bubble away in the background.
This is just personal experience and opinion. Obviously, what worked for me might not work for another.
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ninetydegrees
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on 2010-07-30 01:50 pm (UTC)I went through three years of constant start-stops and despising every word I typed until I just didn't write anything at all, and I think the only way to "cure" the block is to walk away, be it for a day or a year or more, and not put pressue on yourself fo finish.
In three years I changed as a person and when I finally had the confidance and sat back in my computer chair, I had a different mind set and fresh eyes and now I'm writing 2000-3000 words a day on several different projects and if I hit a bump in one, I switch to another and let my subconscious bubble away in the background.
This is just personal experience and opinion. Obviously, what worked for me might not work for another.