Re: How do YOU break the block?

Christine,

I like John's test. It's a form of self-editing.

Wasn't it Mark Twain that said, "It's what we DON'T write that
counts"?

Or was that, "Deleting is the key to good writing" ?

Anyway, it was something along those lines.

This could be extended to not writing at all.

And we're back to Zen.

Maybe some writers NEED to be blocked... :P

Sudden Disruption

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