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"Writing comes more easily if you have something to say" ~Sholem Asch
"The only cure for writer's block is insomnia." ~Merit Antares
"Writing is a struggle against silence." Carlos Fuentes
"All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If I'm trying to sleep, the ideas won't stop. If I'm trying to write, there appears a barren nothingness." ~Carrie Latet
"What things there are to write, if one could only write them! My mind is full of gleaming thought; gay moods and mysterious, moth-like meditations hover in my imagination, fanning their painted wings. But always the rarest, those streaked with azure and the deepest crimson, flutter away beyond my reach." ~Logan Pearsall Smith
That last one is my favorite, but I don't think Logan Pearsall Smith really had writer's block--do you? So, what do you do to get past writer's block?
IMO, writing is a disciplined project. The discipline is forcing yourself to get into the habit of writing, on a regular basis. When you do get used to it, and your stop procrastinating, you will write, often inspired.
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I absolutely love the Emerson quote! I plan on using that excuse in the future.
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