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I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.Anne Frank
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.Benjamin Franklin
To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.Allen Ginsberg
To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.Allen Ginsberg
I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down to write and imagine that you will achieve something magical and magnificent — and when you don’t, panic sets in. The solution is never to sit down and imagine that you will achieve something magical and magnificent. I write a little bit, almost every day, and if it results in two or three or (on a good day) four good paragraphs, I consider myself a lucky man. Never try to be the hare. All hail the tortoise.Malcolm Gladwell
I think writer’s block is a bad name for a number of real problems facing writers, most notably of which is fear. Typically when I feel blocked, I’m really afraid. And almost always, that’s because my next step feels like a leap instead of just doing the next thing. If I feel stuck, I have to ask myself what am I really afraid of and is that really my next step? For example, if I’m working on a book and start to feel stuck, it’s usually because I’m doubting myself, wondering what right I have to talk about this topic. Who am I? But that fear is misplaced. It’s not the right time to worry about that. My job right now is to write the next 500 words, not worry what the critics will be saying a year from now.

The way out of this mess is through...I write through the block. That may sound ridiculous, but even when you’re blocked you can still write...Momentum is a writer’s friend.Jeff Goins
Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.Natalie Goldberg
Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.Allegra Goodman
A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one.Baltasar Gracián
My best advice about writer’s block is the reason you’re having a hard time writing is because of a conflict between the GOAL of writing well and the FEAR of writing badly. By default, our instinct is to conquer the fear, but our feelings are much, much less within our control than the goals we set. And since it’s the conflict BETWEEN the two forces blocking you, if you simply change your goal from “writing well” to “writing badly,” you will be a veritable [fountain] of material.Dan Harmon
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I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.Anne Frank
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.Benjamin Franklin
To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.Allen Ginsberg
To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.Allen Ginsberg
I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down to write and imagine that you will achieve something magical and magnificent — and when you don’t, panic sets in. The solution is never to sit down and imagine that you will achieve something magical and magnificent. I write a little bit, almost every day, and if it results in two or three or (on a good day) four good paragraphs, I consider myself a lucky man. Never try to be the hare. All hail the tortoise.Malcolm Gladwell
I think writer’s block is a bad name for a number of real problems facing writers, most notably of which is fear. Typically when I feel blocked, I’m really afraid. And almost always, that’s because my next step feels like a leap instead of just doing the next thing. If I feel stuck, I have to ask myself what am I really afraid of and is that really my next step? For example, if I’m working on a book and start to feel stuck, it’s usually because I’m doubting myself, wondering what right I have to talk about this topic. Who am I? But that fear is misplaced. It’s not the right time to worry about that. My job right now is to write the next 500 words, not worry what the critics will be saying a year from now.

The way out of this mess is through...I write through the block. That may sound ridiculous, but even when you’re blocked you can still write...Momentum is a writer’s friend.Jeff Goins
Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.Natalie Goldberg
Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.Allegra Goodman
A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one.Baltasar Gracián
My best advice about writer’s block is the reason you’re having a hard time writing is because of a conflict between the GOAL of writing well and the FEAR of writing badly. By default, our instinct is to conquer the fear, but our feelings are much, much less within our control than the goals we set. And since it’s the conflict BETWEEN the two forces blocking you, if you simply change your goal from “writing well” to “writing badly,” you will be a veritable [fountain] of material.Dan Harmon
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