Here’s what we do as writers. When we’re asked to write these blogs, about whatever the subject may be, we tell you what works for us.
We are not experts or authorities on some long-decided rule of law. We’re people with lots of opinions and varying levels of experience, and that’s about it. So when we’re asked to comment on whether or not writer’s block is a real thing, the only honest answer is we don’t know.
There are a lot of people out there who have no problem telling you writer’s block is a myth. Writer’s write, after all, and if you aren’t doing that, well . . . you’re not much a writer then. So stop making excuses already.
I’ve read a lot of posts like that, some of them by authors I admire. But here’s where I part ways with that line of thinking. If our minds can totally screw with us in every other aspect of our lives, why is it hard to believe it could prevent us from writing? What is so special about the written word that it is somehow inoculated against mental blockades?