ten ways to break through writer's block (part two)

5. "Don't prepare. Just show up."

I know, I know, this kind of goes against #3, in which I encourage you to have an outline (and chunk it up). But if you're like me, you can overthink the story in a way that creates anxiety (and anxiety, in turn, triggers the 'freeze or flight' response that is NOT conducive to writing….) . You get stuck in the wrong part of your brain.

I took #5 from a book I read recently called IMPROV WISDOM (Don't Prepare, Just Show Up) by Patricia Ryan Madson. Madson...