Pros And Cons Of Being A Writer's Block

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Writer's block is a thing. A lot of people with literary tendencies end up staring at a blank sheet of paper for hours on end every time they feel like giving this thing called writing a shot. With cases like this, it's a common belief that you're supposed to wait for your muse to inspire you and give your words some sort of cutting edge that will set the world ablaze. After all, you see it happening all the time in popular media. Real life, however, is quite a bit different than that. As Jack London once famously said:

"You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

It's obvious what London meant by this. If you really want to be a writer, don't wait for that right mood to hit you and just start putting the words to

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