What happens when you're completely "blocked" and can't write anymore? Should you pour yourself a drink or two or five and fat-finger your keyboard till you fall asleep, hoping you’ll wake up in a more lucid state? Should you find some ancient Chinese...

Nicholas Croce, literary agent and founder of the Croce Agency, talks about finding inspiration and overcoming writer's block. One way he suggests is to look through a newspaper to discover real, human conflict. Whether writing fiction or nonfiction...

Nicholas Croce, literary agent and founder of the Croce Agency, talks about finding inspiration and overcoming writer's block. One way he suggests is to look through a newspaper to discover real, human conflict. Whether writing fiction or nonfiction...

To overcome writer’s block, bestselling author, TEDx Speaker, and special advisor Dr. Mark Goulston looks back to middle-school math class for inspiration. He recalls solving simultaneous equations – by figuring out the value of x and y, for example...

Boston Globe Op-Ed writer and author Alex Beam gets stern about writer's block. He discusses how being a journalist discourages writer's block and how all writers can harness self-discipline to keep putting words on the page.

Boston Globe Op-Ed writer and author Alex Beam gets stern about writer's block. He discusses how being a journalist discourages writer's block and how all writers can harness self-discipline to keep putting words on the page. Click here to play this...

Chloe Gong on every writer's worst enemy...writer's block. Chloe Gong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Secret Shanghai novels, as well as the Flesh and False Gods trilogy. Her books have been published in over...

Writer’s block is like someone coming after you with a metaphorical knife and trying to stab you right in the intellectual creativity. It’s the most scary, macabre thing for a writer suddenly to find that he or she has stopped having ideas. It’s a powerful...