Beating writer’s block: The next experiment

[image error]That’s me on the left, clearly winning. That’s writer’s block having its throat bitten out. I hope. (Image is actually two damned souls fighting – it’s a detail from Bouguereau’s ‘Dante and Virgil in Hell’)

It’s no secret I’ve been having trouble writing recently.

I’ve been trying various things to beat the block. I’ve tried writing ‘something fun’ for myself alone. I’ve tried writing ‘morning pages’ (I’m still doing these. I don’t see how they make writing a novel any easier, but anyway). I’...