Writers face many mental blocks to creativity. What’s weird and disarming is that we each get blocked in different ways. So, here’s what happens to me. I get way too many ideas and have trouble focusing on one idea and finishing things. You might be someone who slugs away on one idea and finishes it, but feels uncertain that you ideas are original or whether your work is strong. We each compare ourselves to the other.

We get stuck. Trapped. Lost. And we look at our writer friends who don’t seem to get stuck the same way we do. We feel stupid. We feel it is our fault.

We each have different mental blocks – bec we think differently. I’m good at a couple of thinking styles, and weak in one or more. You might be opposite. Writer’s Block is all about getting stuck as you transition from a thinking strength to a struggle, or vice versa.

Whaaaaaaa…..?????? Did she just invent the idea of a “thinking struggle?” A little bit.

Yep. Writer’s Block is your own special mix of how you think creatively. And sometimes you’re brilliant, and sometimes not so much. We each have our own curse to bear.

  • It is not always the blank page.
  • It’s not always the muddy middle.
  • It’s not always perfectionism.

This is precisely what I will illuminate in the upcoming WRITE WITHOUT THE FIGHT free 5-day Challenge. During our five hours together (M-F, Noon – 1pm PT) I will help you pinpoint precisely what your creative strengths are and what might be tripping you up. (No judgement.)

So, I invite you to take an objective look at your creative thinking so you can really own your strengths and prop up your struggle spots. And move that writing project forward to the finish line.

Go sign up, it’s free, and I’ll send you reminders and the workbook: https://go.decodingcreativity.com/5-day 

And btw, Happy Valentines Day. Come share the love in our Write Without the Fight FB Group, home of the upcoming Write Without the Fight 5-Day free challenge.

Here’s what my client and humor writer Laurie Stephans O’Connor has to say about the 5-day challenge:

The Write Without the Fight 5-Day Free Challenge helped me understand my creative thinking process. What I thought was procrastination was really me being stuck in the part of the process that I enjoy the most, that comes naturally to me. This realization, along with Julia’s clear process for working with both strengths and struggles, provided both insight and inspiration to me as a writer.

 

Photo credit: “Salt Lick Art” by A.Davey is licensed under CC BY 2.0; cropped