Some good observations, Michael Adewunmi. Flawstate isn’t anything like “1 size fits all’. On the contrary, from the Writer’s Block standpoint, it would actually be more demoralizing after a while and may cause more frustration. As noted in my story, that app rather tries to fix a problem by punishing you. It’s like that funny popular saying in the corporate world —

“Beatings will continue until morale improves”

I think the niche for that app isn’t (shouldn’t be) Writer’s Block. It should rather depicted more like “The Most Dangerous App for the ones whose morale only improves with beatings”… LoL

I see Writer’s Block as a Good thing. When I think of Writing and Writer’s block, I think of Working Out. When you start working out, things are hard and if you’re persistent and push thru, your overall health improves, you eat better, sleep better, look better and feel better. However, you do hit plateaus, you do hit those days when you can’t gather any motivation at all, you do hit those days when you feel lifeless, you do hit those days when you ask yourself why exactly are you doing this; and you want to find some excuses to just skip that day.

Too many skips and you’re back to square one. But, some of those days, you push thru and at the end of your workout, are happy that you didn’t give in. And sometimes, you need to listen to yourself and see if you actually need a break. However, the onus lies with you to understand when to keep pushing and when to catch a break. That little break can sometimes do wonders to your motivation and prevent any burn-outs.

That’s exactly how I see a Writer’s Block — Only you can figure for yourself what’s a good block and what’s a bad block.

Well at least that’s how I see it. I’m not a book reader. Not saying it’s a bad thing — Instead, Books are the best thing ever (as long as they’re not cheesy novels) and can invigorate that chemical mix in your brain real good at times. For some weird reason, I like to keep my mind unadulterated :p

Long story short — There’s no silver bullet to any successes. Meaning of Success and how to get there, varies from person to person and it is for that individual to figure it out for themselves.

** hey, this comment turned out pretty decent. I guess I’m going to append it to my story .. LoL What do you think? **