Do you believe in writer’s block?

I was on a writer’s panel last week, with authors from a mix of genres. Children’s books. Memoirs. Poetry. Romance. One of the questions the moderator asked was: Do you believe in writer’s block? If so, how do you get past it?

After the votes were counted, we had three who believed and four who didn’t. But two interesting things happened in the seven answers.

We all explained how we got past writer’s block. Those who didn’t believe were more emphatic about stating their opinion as fact.

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