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October 24, 2024 33 mins

Writer's Block: Is it real, or is it all in the mind? Is it just an excuse to avoid work and only afflicts hobby-writers? Whether you think it's real or not, we've all faced our writing and dreaded it, whatever the reason may be. This episode explores what writers can do when they'd rather pick sand out of dirt than type ten words.


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Links mentioned in this episode:

https://www.diybook.us/

The 3-word mantra that banishes writer's block: https://www.diybook.us/3-word-mantra-that-banishes-writers-block/ Advice to Writers HAS BEEN UPDATED! (in 2010) Here is the original from 1999: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679443878?ref_=ast_author_ofdp Links to ALL previous episodes of Writing for Immortality: https://linktr.ee/writing4immortality


Chapters


00:00 Introduction to Writer's Block

08:29 Understanding Writer's Block

19:07 Strategies to Overcome Writer's Block

25:19 The 'Just Write Anything' Mantra

39:21 Final Thoughts and Resources


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