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<a href="http://www.thearticlesense.com/article/SIX-PERSONAL-HABITS-THAT-MAKE-YOU-THINK-YOU-HAVE-WRITERS-BL/" target="_blank">Get Paid to Submit Article like "SIX PERSONAL HABITS THAT MAKE YOU THINK YOU HAVE WRITERS BL"</a><br /><br />What is writer's block?<br /> <br /> Well, I just can't think of a single darn thing to<br /> say. Oh well, I'm outta here!<br /> <br /> Sound familiar? No! Oh, get real! We've all experienced <br /> this phenomenon when we absolutely have to write <br /> something, particularly on deadline. I'm talking about. . . <br /> . .uh, I can't think of what the word is. . . oh, yes, it's on <br /> the tip of my tongue . . . it's:<br /> <br /> WRITER'S BLOCK!!!!<br /> <br /> Whew! I feel better just getting that out of my head<br /> and onto the page!<br /> <br /> Writer's block is the patron demon of the blank page.<br /> You may think you know EXACTLY what you're going to<br /> write, but as soon as that evil white screen appears<br /> before you, your mind suddenly goes completely blank.<br /> I'm not talking about Zen meditation<br /> stare-at-the-wall-until-enlightenment-hits kind of<br /> blank.<br /> <br /> I'm talking about sweat trickling down the back of<br /> your neck, anguish and panic and suffering kind of<br /> blank. The tighter the deadline, the worse the anguish<br /> of writer's block gets.<br /> <br /> Having said that, let me say it again. "The tighter<br /> the deadline, the worse the anguish of writer's block<br /> gets." Now, can you figure out what might possibly be<br /> causing this horrible plunge into speechlessness?<br /> <br /> The answer is obvious: FEAR! You are terrified of that<br /> blank page. You are terrified you have absolutely<br /> nothing of value to say. You are afraid of the fear of<br /> writer's block itself!<br /> <br /> It doesn?t necessarily matter if you've done a decade<br /> of research and all you have to do is string sentences<br /> you can repeat in your sleep together into coherent<br /> paragraphs. Writer's block can strike anyone at any<br /> time. Based in fear, it raises our doubts about our<br /> own self-worth, but it's sneaky. It's writer's block,<br /> after all, so it doesn't just come and let you know<br /> that. No, it makes you feel like an idiot who just had<br /> your frontal lobes removed through your sinuses. If<br /> you dared to put forth words into the greater world,<br /> they would surely come out as gibberish!<br /> <br /> Let's try and be rational with this irrational demon.<br /> Let's make a list of what might possibly be beneath<br /> this terrible and terrifying condition.<br /> <br /> 1. Perfectionism. You must absolutely produce a<br /> masterpiece of literature straight off in the first<br /> draft. Otherwise, you qualify as a complete failure.<br /> <br /> 2. Editing instead of composing. There's your<br /> monkey-mind sitting on your shoulder, yelling as soon<br /> as you type "I was born?," no, not that, that's wrong!<br /> That's stupid! Correct correct correct correct?<br /> <br /> 3. Self-consciousness. How can you think, let alone<br /> write, when all you can manage to do is pry the<br /> fingers of writer's block away from your throat enough<br /> so you can gasp in a few shallow breaths? You're not<br /> focusing on what you're trying to write, your focusing<br /> on those gnarly fingers around your windpipe.<br /> <br /> 4. Can't get started. It's always the first sentence<br /> that's the hardest. As writers, we all know how<br /> EXTREMELY important the first sentence is. It must be<br /> brilliant! It must be unique! It must hook your<br /> reader's from the start! There's no way we can get<br /> into writing the piece until we get past this<br /> impossible first sentence.<br /> <br /> 5. Shattered concentration. You're cat is sick. You<br /> suspect your mate is cheating on you. Your electricity<br /> might be turned off any second. You have a crush on<br /> the local UPS deliveryman. You have a dinner party<br /> planned for your in-laws. You . . . Need I say more.<br /> How can you possibly concentrate with all this mental<br /> clutter?<br /> <br /> 6. Procrastination. It's your favorite hobby. It's<br /> your soul mate. It?s the reason you've knitted 60<br /> argyle sweaters or made 300 bookcases in your garage<br /> workshop. It's the reason you never run out of Brie.<br /> <br /> You can really uncover any procrastination problems <br /> by starting a blog, it can be a comfort zone for your<br /> writing, no structure, just no rules. <br /> <br /> <br>Author; Craig Wofford is a successful researcher and publisher on the Internet. Did you find these tips on “Words & Phrases That Sell ” helpful? You can learn a lot more about “Words & Phrases That Sell” at http://tcpmedia.com/LoS.html. Get your free copy of “Law of Success” book, by Napoleon Hill.