quote- writers’ block

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 1:02 am

You can’t think yourself out of a writing block.

You have to write yourself out of a thinking block.

~ John Rogers

bigskybuckeye Says:
March 16, 2019 at 5:26 am
Shawn, so true. Some think and think while the page remains empty and white.

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- Shawn L. Bird Says:
  March 16, 2019 at 12:08 pm
  I do timed exercises with my students and ask them what they discover. They will frequently say how they had nothing to write, but once they started, all sorts of unexpected things poured out. A valuable lesson for young writers to learn, I think!
  
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  - bigskybuckeye Says:
    March 16, 2019 at 8:18 pm
    Timed exercises work well. I used them often for short compositions writing exercises.
Rhonda Says:
March 18, 2019 at 7:04 pm
Reblogged this on A Novel Journey and commented:
Love this little truth. 🙂

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Rachel McAlpine Says:
May 18, 2019 at 11:34 am
I’m interested in the root causes of writer’s block. After forty years of writing, I’ve just experienced it for the first time. It’s all grist to the mill.

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