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No Such Thing as Writer's Block?
Just like any other day, Seth Godin wrote a blog post on the 5th of September. Just like any other day, I read it as soon as I got the tweet notification (around 1 am my time).
But this time, I felt compelled to respond to a particular line he wrote. I made sure to bookmark it in Twitter and also add it to my To Do list so I would get around to it eventually as I was quite tired at the moment.
"There’s no such thing as writer’s block," he proclaimed in his post about, you guessed it - writing something!
My first instinct is to disagree because writer's block is a very real thing. But I haven't felt stuck or missed a day of writing 750 + 250 words since restarting my writing journey.
Do I agree because it's working for me, or do I disagree because I know just how easily I (and many others) could get back in the rut?
We've got 85 words left so let's analyze the question to find the answer.
By saying that the second part is easy, I'm implying that the first part is hard. What's so hard about writing 250 words anyway?
Not much besides wishing I had started earlier in the day. But that's okay because one of my writing rules is to finish before I, not my calendar, call it a night.
The ding from checking off the last task alone makes it worth staying up longer!
Gurleen Deol
I read words. I write words. Sometimes I speak words. Sometimes even in other languages. Follow along for all the updates!
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