5:09 / Defeat Writer's Block / Overcoming Type 3

The Write Focus

Writer’s Block looms like a sharp-clawed monster over every writer. A daily discipline—No Day without Lines—is extremely helpful, no matter how many you schedule for a particular day.

Nulla Dies Sine Linea is our mantra, right?

We can overcome a simple refusal to write by maintaining discipline and side projects and our escapes when we’re overwhelmed.

We can defeat Procrastination by overcoming the Twin Fears of Failure and of Judgment. If our worries are failure and judgment, those problems are not with our writing but are inside ourselves. Root them out. Our writing is for us. Improve whatever weaknesses we see. When people point out weaknesses, consider these learning opportunities and keep improving.

We’ve reached the slimy cave of that real Horrible, Terrible Monster than can destroy everything, not just our writing but our hopes and joys.

Type 3 Writer’s Block is Inertia, and Writer’s Inertia kills words and contentment, plans and dreams, grace and well-being.

Yet we can and must defeat Inertia. Here’s how.

TIMINGS

• 00:00 Welcome
• 00:40 Introduction
• 02:13 Writer’s Inertia
• 02:40 Healthy Habits Defeat Inertia
• 09:07 Avoid Stagnating Slime
• 13:36 Wrap-Up
• 14:20 Last Words / Closing

Total Run Time = 16:25

Links to Think like a Pro, original source with other info added:

https://www.amazon.com/Think-like-Pro-Advent-Writers/dp/

Books2Read https://books2read.com/u/4AxWAd

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