10 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block

Are you writing an important email? A lengthy sales report? A big proposal? A presentation or speech script? A book proposal or manuscript? Whatever the writing task, you may be facing a tight deadline and the last thing you need is writer’s block—that crippling feeling that nothing you write is right. Or worse, staring at the page or screen when nothing at all seems to flow from your brain to the screen.

Here are a few ways to trick your brain back into gear:

Start with, “I’m writing to...