The Ambitious Writer’s Guide to Overcoming Creative Blocks and Building a Writing Routine that Works

Book excerpt: Be Inspired. Be Bold. Break Through. What do Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, Virginia Woolf, and F. Scott Fitzgerald have in common? Writer’s Block. Yes, in addition to being bestselling and/or celebrated authors, each of these writers admitted to suffering from writer’s block at some point in their literary careers. In fact, writers of every caliber have faced a creative block at intervals throughout their journeys, but when it happens to us—when a project stalls, when the right words refuse to manifest, when the page remains empty—the doubt creeps in. What is happening? becomes What am I even doing? becomes Why am I even bothering? There is, however, a way out. The Ambitious Writer’s Guide to Overcoming Creative Blocks and Building a Writing Routine that Works not only breaks down the components of a creative block—what it is and isn’t, how it affects us, and how we can move past it—but also offers insights into the creative process, inspiration for writers at any stage, and tips for kick-starting a stalled writing practice. So if you’ve hit that proverbial wall in your current project, if the new project doesn’t want to transfer from your head to the page, or even if you want to safeguard yourself so the creative blocks are fewer and farther between, then this book was written with you in mind. Keywords: writing, writer’s block, creativity, personal success, writing reference, authorship, writing skills, creativity self-help, 2-hour reads