https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/writer-s-block/7543/advice-for-overcoming-writer-s-block-and-distractionsen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/writer-s-block/7543/advice-for-overcoming-writer-s-block-and-distractionsThu, 24 Oct 2019 18:27:11 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:3433da61-e50c-4f6b-b39f-d8159d622323Elaine Ashhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/writer-s-block/7543/advice-for-overcoming-writer-s-block-and-distractions#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Writer&#39;s Block by Elaine Ash on 10/24/2019 6:27:11 PM<br /> <p>Feeling distracted and stuck is a natural part of the creative process, explains author and editor Elaine Ash. If you&rsquo;re having trouble getting words out onto paper or the computer, that means the story is being born &ndash; it is coming from the subconscious into the conscious, which can be uncomfortable. To overcome this difficulty, Ash says writers must carve out time where they are purely focused on writing. Don&rsquo;t walk away until something is on the page. This will leave you with a sense of accomplishment summed up by poet Dorothy Parker: &ldquo;I hate writing, but I love having written.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-97/AdviceforOvercomingWritersBlockandDistractions.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../AdviceforOvercomingWritersBlockandDistractions.mp4</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, Subscriber, video</div>