Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Writer's Block

There are all sorts of theories about writer's block. Some people say there is no such thing as writer's block just as there is no such thing as truck driver's block or insurance agent's block or ... well, you get the idea.
Author Martin Yoseloff said when writer's block attacks, accept it. Go to the kitchen and make a casserole. He told of the time he was writing a book and encountered a day when writer's block hit him. He got away from it for a while and when he returned to his work, he wrote one sentence. That was his output for the day. "But it was an excellent sentence," he said.
Anne Lamott, author of "Bird by Bird," a great book on the essence of writing, says writer's block is often caused because the writer is approaching the subject from the wrong angle. "When your spouse locks you out of the house," she says, "the problem is not the door."
Angle is the answer.

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