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Writer’s Block
By kirk noonan | September 25, 2008
When I first went into journalism a friend looked at me seriously and said, “I hope you never get writer’s block, what would you do?”
“Write through it, I guess.”
And I have on many occasions. Sometimes writing is cathartic, maybe even easy. Other times it’s nothing but a troublesome burden that leaves me wondering why I put myself through such a process.
A professor in graduate school told me something once that I have repeated to untold aspiring writers. Learn early if you are more in love with writing than the idea of being writer. If you love writing you’ll be able to push through any assignment — even when you encounter a writer’s block — while masterfully untangling the web of ideas, thoughts and emotions competing for space on the page. (Masterfully is an overstatement, but you’ll eventually make it over the block.)
Right now, after a full day of writing for the magazine, I am in the midst of climbing over the latest writer’s block in my path. I guess that’s why I’m writing about it.
If you’re struggling with writer’s block, or any block for that matter I have some advice. Write through it if you’re dealing with writer’s block or [add verb here] through it if your struggle is with something else.
The block is yours and if you want to get past it, you’re going to have to overcome it with your own talents, gifts, experience, and determination God has given you.
So, get over it and move on…Like I just did.
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