Accept Hidden Identities to Beat Writer’s Block for Good
Stop seeing a creative block as a matter of productivity
Your writer’s block could have many reasons, but your identity is probably the most fundamental one. Once you’ve accepted, or rather chosen, your particular self-image and it has stopped you, picking up that pen will require more than a fresh blog post idea.
Here’s how you might run into this problem and a little personal insight, including my antidotes.
You may think that you’re a writer; therefore, you write. But actually, it’s more complicated.
Many of the activities and occupations involving writing come with a completely different set of requirements, thus matching varying personality types. A marathoner needs different skills and muscle types than a sprinter or a soccer player, but they all run.
Equally, a political speechwriter has to master rhetoric and grammar just as a novelist does. But admittedly, their workdays differ on all levels except writing. And sometimes, even their writing setup will vary drastically.
Not every novelist needs to be politically engaged, and a speech makes different demands on stylistic devices than fiction does. Hammering home honed hyperboles isn’t what keeps a novel reader turning the pages.
