Joshua Shuh
I would say my issue is not so much writer's block, but rather writer's motivation. On any given day I have about 8 million ideas swirling through my head. Much to the dismay of my loved ones, I have difficulty turning my brain off.
This also tends to prevent me from writing because seeing those ideas fully fleshed out is, frankly, hard work. However, I feel like the advice is the same for me as it is for someone with writer's block. In either of these cases, you have to treat writing like a jazz pianist treats the piano. It's very obvious they have no idea what they are going to play when they get up there. They just sit down and start improvising. Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't, but either way they sat down and played.
This also tends to prevent me from writing because seeing those ideas fully fleshed out is, frankly, hard work. However, I feel like the advice is the same for me as it is for someone with writer's block. In either of these cases, you have to treat writing like a jazz pianist treats the piano. It's very obvious they have no idea what they are going to play when they get up there. They just sit down and start improvising. Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't, but either way they sat down and played.
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