: Re: Help! I've got Writer's Block I really want to write, but as soon as I sit down and set pen to paper, my mind goes blank. I can't think of anything to write. Sometimes I stare at my screen

Artists Way, Julia Cameron: three pages a day, longhand, first thing in the morning.

Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott: Start with a 1" picture frame and describe what you see. (Also, shitty first drafts.)

Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: Start with the brick in the corner of the building. Describe it.

They're all saying the same thing. On Writing, Stephen King. Art & Fear, Bayles & Orland.

Do it, and do it again, and again, and again, and again. I've been at it since 1973. Disconnect "having a pen in your hand and paper on your desk" from "having anything to say." Get the pen moving, and when it's ready, you'll start having something to say.

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