Hey! Our claim is that Writer’s Block doesn’t exist? And you say, “I don’t believe it. I’m blocked. I’m suffering with Writer’s Block.”
Believe it or not, the truth is that Writer’s Block does NOT exist. Not. No way. Nope. We can write, but something keeps us from writing what we very well need to write.
At the end of our last episode, the introduction to this series on Defeating Writer’s Block, we classified 3 types. Knowing the type that’s affecting us, that’s part of the solution to any Writer’s Block . . . for we can make claims, we can repeat a mantra–but something’s blocking us.
The other part of the solution to Writer’s Block is our WILL–even if we don’t want to write, we MUST. We NEED to. We gotta!
The only problem with saying “MUST and NEED and GOTTA” is that I’m afflicted with bloody-mindedness. As soon as someone commands must / need / have to / gotta–my bloody-mindedness kicks in. “Oh yeah? I think NOT.”
That’s where WILL comes in—and that’s our focus this week. Overcoming Type I of Writer’s Block, classified as Writer’s Refusal.
[Did I shout enough?]
TIMINGS
Total Run Time = 22:51
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Stages 5 & 6 / Greatest Plot Structure / Discovering Your Plot / 4:49
Stages 3 & 4 / Greatest Plot Structure / 4:48
Stages 1 & 2 / Greatest Plot Structure / DiscPLOT / 4:47
Writers and Archetypes / Discovering Your Plot / 4:46
Lead-in to Greatest Ever Plot Structure / Discovering Plot / 4:45
A Common Pyramid and Shakespeare for Plot / Discovering Plot / 4:44
Basic Beats, Meet Aristotle / Discovering Plot / 4:43
Special Approaches to Plot / Discovering Your Plot / 4:42
Essentials / Discovering Your Plot / 4:41
Hate and Love for Genre Tropes / Discovering Plot / 4:40
Genre Expectations / Plot / 4:39
Plot, Story, and Story Length / Discovering Plot / 4:38
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