colinwalker
colinwalker
Listening to Seth Godin's podcast - the episode entitled "No such thing (as writer's block)" - it rang many bells. He states that writer's block is a fabrication, a construct we create in our own minds as an excuse. The real problem is fear, fear of not being perfect. I've written so ma... colinwalker.blog
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devilgate
devilgate

@colinwalker Charles Stross has written to the effect that when he gets blocked it's always his subconscious telling him that he got something wrong earlier. He needs to go back and rework things to move forward. Not the same as what you're saying, but it sounds sensible to me.

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colinwalker
colinwalker

@devilgate I’ve come across that idea before and it does make a degree of sense.

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jhull
jhull

@devilgate oh wow, I’ve never heard that before but it makes complete sense.

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