I write pretty much every day. Writer's block does exist. So does deadline anxiety. So does being out of your element and not being familiar with the terrain. Some days, writing is just a burden. Another chore. A means to the end. Mostly, though, writing is a godsend. It's an instrument, a device. Writing is a honed tool. It's the gateway and a damn good therapist. But writer's block does exist. Some sentences sizzle. Some are just born from laziness. Sometimes, you're in the zone. Sometimes, the zone disappears before you see it. Writer's block does exist.
The upside, though, is that if you have something to say and writing is the best or only way you have to express it, you don't tend to suffer from writer's block too long.
Man, writers block is a killer when you've got a big press release due...and every word seems like a mountain to climb.
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