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Writer's Block: A Definition by Example by Michael Bracken Writer's Block is Note The author acknowledges his inability to complete this paper due to a "dearth of ideas, a state of self-dissatisfaction, and an inability to organize" (Polking 434); he "knows something is wrong, but can't identify it" because he has reached a "technical impasse" (Banks) and is experiencing "a time when the words just won't come together" (Vialle); he once received "thoughtless" and "insensitive" criticism and is unable to maintain the fragile balance between "motivation and enthusiasm in the face of continued self-doubt and self-criticism" (Ballon); is self-conscious about the writing situation because he has failed to do any "preliminary work such as brainstorming or outlining" (Purdue University); feels "pressure to be brilliant in the first try" (Wiesner) and "fear of failure, self doubt, and depression [have] become heavy loads" (Rosenbaum 142); has no established schedule for writing and "writes only when the muse strikes" (Reid), yet has only this one project to work on and can think of nothing else (Banks); has conflicted feelings, wanting "the writing to be perfect" and wanting "the damned thing done as soon as possible" (University of Illinois), yet fears deadlines and plans to postpone working on this paper until the last possible moment;

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The Writing Center's Guide to Avoiding Writer's Block Use freewriting, brainstorming, journal writing, writing to the limit, or other informal kinds of writing to explore what you already know about your assignment. You may be pleasantly surprised to discover you already have a fairly large fund of information on the topic. 2. Use the same strategies to explore how you feel about an assignment. If you don't want to do the assignment, such informal writing may help you to determine the source of your resistance. 3. Trick yourself into caring about an assignment by varying your perspective on it. Try writing informally about the topic to several audiences. 4. Write an imaginary dialogue with your instructor about why he or she made this particular assignment. 5. Talk to and work collaboratively with other students in the class. Be sure, however, to move beyond mere complaining about your fate. 6. Break the project down into smaller, more manageable, more easily completed writing tasks. 7. Begin the draft with a focal question that you will attempt to answer in your essay. Write the question in large capital letters across the top of the page or on a post-it stuck next to your computer screen.

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reaking Writer’s Block Tips to help you get started, get organized, keep going Don’t tear up the page and start over when you write a bad line— try to write your way out of it. Make mistakes and plunge on . . . Writing is a means of discovery, always . . . —Garrison Keilor Writing is a lot like sewing. You bring pieces together and make a quilt —Rosario Ferre Tutors’ Favorite Tips for Writers who Don’t Feel like Writing Tips from Writing Center Tutors Getting Started (Colorful illustration of good starting strategies from freewriting to mapping) http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/brainstorm.htm Writing with a Sense of Purpose http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/purpose.htm How to Write a Thesis Statement http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/thesis.html What is a Thesis Statement? http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html Overcoming Writer's Block http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_block.html Starting to Write http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan1.html Planning (Invention) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan2.html

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Dreaded Writer's Block THE PLAYWRITING SEMINARS WORKING It is definitely unhealthy to sit in front of a silent typewriter for any length of time. If, after you have typed the first sentence, you can't think of a second one, go read.' Marsha Norman Writers have often joked that writing is what you do after sorting the laundry, doing the dishes, vacuuming the rug, walking the dog, shopping for dinner, and washing the windows for the tenth time that week. If this sounds familiar, reverse the process: make writing your first priority. All the rest is what you do after writing Prevention is the best cure for Writer's block. Graham Greene came up with a fail-safe inoculation: Don't keep writing until you simply run out of dialogue for your characters to say. Stop writing when you still know clearly what the next line or even the next scene will be. This line that's been waiting all night to be written, primes your creative pump the following day. That's because you'll have those first words ready to go when you face that monitor or if you do it the old-fashioned way that piece of paper the next morning. If Prevention fails . . .

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