Bob Calhoun
Short answer: crossword puzzles
Long version: I had this tremendous case of writer's block while trying to finish Beer, Blood & Cornmeal. People get writer's block mixed up with procrastination but it's not. I was really trying to write these last two chapters but the paragraphs were eluding me. I'd write something and know it just wasn't lining up. I tried writing with the keyboard and writing on paper and nothing was working. All of a sudden, I got this strange mental craving to do crossword puzzles. I did the ones in the newspaper--SF Chronicle, NY Times, whatever but those weren't enough so I bought those crossword puzzle magazines they have in the supermarket and just kept doing those. Something about looking at words and language in a different way really helped me snap out of my writer's block. I was able to get back to writing again and finish the book after a couple of weeks of doing crossword puzzles.
Long version: I had this tremendous case of writer's block while trying to finish Beer, Blood & Cornmeal. People get writer's block mixed up with procrastination but it's not. I was really trying to write these last two chapters but the paragraphs were eluding me. I'd write something and know it just wasn't lining up. I tried writing with the keyboard and writing on paper and nothing was working. All of a sudden, I got this strange mental craving to do crossword puzzles. I did the ones in the newspaper--SF Chronicle, NY Times, whatever but those weren't enough so I bought those crossword puzzle magazines they have in the supermarket and just kept doing those. Something about looking at words and language in a different way really helped me snap out of my writer's block. I was able to get back to writing again and finish the book after a couple of weeks of doing crossword puzzles.
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