Katherine Owen
First of all, I believe in writer's block because I've experienced this affliction. There are 'those' that say it does not exist. I just want to clarify; it does.
I do find reading good fiction always rejuvenates me even when my own writing seems all but impossible to get down on the proverbial page. And yet, there are times when you just have to 'write it out' and try to overcome whatever is blocking you in the first place which can most often be described as an affliction having to do with fear. Where questions like these silently race through your head: Am I good enough? Is this just pure dreck? Will anyone even want to read it? Some or all of those thoughts...that try to take you down. Sometimes, you must just buck up and overcome the fear of failure and just write... If you do that often enough, the work gets done.
~ko
I do find reading good fiction always rejuvenates me even when my own writing seems all but impossible to get down on the proverbial page. And yet, there are times when you just have to 'write it out' and try to overcome whatever is blocking you in the first place which can most often be described as an affliction having to do with fear. Where questions like these silently race through your head: Am I good enough? Is this just pure dreck? Will anyone even want to read it? Some or all of those thoughts...that try to take you down. Sometimes, you must just buck up and overcome the fear of failure and just write... If you do that often enough, the work gets done.
~ko
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