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<blockquote>Trying to cook up some fiction. Having a tough time getting motivated. I've done a lot of small-time paid journalism (record, book, film, and food reviews etc) and rarely have issues with motivation or procrastination, but sometimes when I switch gears into "creative writing" mode I freeze up. It sometimes helps me to give myself an "assignment" with a due-date, as that's one motivator with a paid non-fiction gig: I know i have no choice but to complete the assignment to word count and by the given date/time. But that trick's not cutting it this morning. Thoughts? </blockquote> My two worst cases of writers block were both solved in different ways. The first time I went into the basement and destroyed a bunch of empty cardboard boxes with a broomstick until an angle came to me. The second time I left the house and headed for water and sat by the beach for awhile watching the waves, and for some reason the way to connect the rest of what I planned to write just clicked in my head. All advice for beating writer's block that I've ever received revolved around getting away from what you were writing, getting out of the house/office, and getting out into life for awhile. It'll come back to you. I'd like to see a more accomplished writer respond to this, particularly Oliver. (edit: good morning Oliver!)

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