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Goodreads asked Diana Pavlac Glyer:

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Diana Pavlac Glyer Anne Lamott has the best advice: short assignments. shitty first drafts. Most of the time, writer's block is the result of unrealistic expectations of how much I can accomplish and how fast I can do it. I try to lower my standards and simply do what I can. I can play with it tomorrow, I can revise and edit another day, but for now, I need to build a scaffold of words and ideas that will help me bridge the gap between where I am and where I need to be.

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