Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Category: Writer’s Block

  • Simmering Pages

    I know now, after reading and re-reading my Writer’s Block page, that my version had elements of numbers 1, 2, and 3. Tension, Indecision, and Fear of Failure. The remedies are Relaxation, Clarity, and Confidence. I think there was an element of clarity that I didn’t mention in that first Writer’s Block tangent, and it’s important. (When I…

  • Fixing Writer’s Block

    How is this for irony? In 2008, I wrote a series on the top ten causes of writer’s block and how to overcome them. I had to go back and read my own recommendations so I could pull myself out of this slump in productivity around the WIP. It’s working for me and I hope, when…

  • How to Read

    This might be obvious to most of you, but for random people goggling writer’s block, or clicking on the category, it’s most helpful to read my Writer’s Block series (and do the required work to break through a block) from beginning to end. Just scroll down and start with the first post. In the words of Sly…

  • & in the end…

    When I started this series on writer’s block, I identified four stages of repairing broken writer parts. I also admitted that I wasn’t sure why I was writing such a series, but I hoped it would help. And it has helped me to refocus on the reason why I write-to make a connection. In her poem…

  • Row to Hoe

    Brain imaging is a fairly new science. Whenever I even say the word “science” I feel a little like a fraud, because I don’t know the complete periodic table. And I hated dissection. I am also bad at math, but that’s another post. I’ve been reading a lot about brain mapping because I know there’s…