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Writer’s Block and How to Use Its Power to Be Prolific
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If you are a writer who is unable to write, you believe you are lazy and undisciplined, a failure and a shirker. Don’t think like that.
Writer’s block has been called by many names. Tillie Olsen called it “unnatural thwarting of what struggles to come into being, but cannot”; and George Eliot declared it as a “pitiable instance of long incubation producing no chick.”
Without resistance, you can do nothing. ~Jean Cocteau
Writer’s block is misconstrued as a death zone. It is an aggressive and energetic reaction from your subconscious mind to adjust the way you are approaching your writing.
The block is a signal to readjust the way you are approaching your work; it is not the problem itself. ~ Victoria Nelson in Writer’s Block
The more blocks you break, the more you grow as a writer. Changing how you take your writing will ultimately take you to your best mental state — not just as a writer but as a human being.
