Experts Disagree on Definition of Writer's Block

Most writers do not have a definition for writers block and yet they seem to know it when they feel it. Even worse off is most experts disagree on the definition of writer's block. Currently I have written 8642 articles and place them online making me the all-time most prolific writer of online articles.

Another well-respected writer Mr. Steven Barnes, who has among other things published over three million words of fiction, been nominated for Hugo and Nebula Awards, and wrote the Emmy-winning "A Stitch In Time" episode of the Outer Limits, not to mention having been the creator of the Lifewriting high performance system for writers believes that writer's block definition should be this;

Writer's block is the inability to:

1) Produce new text.

2) Edit and polish existing text

3) Finish projects on a reasonable schedule

4) Send those projects out for editorial judgment.

5) Continue sending them out until they are sold or published.

Where as Mr. Steven Barnes has been writing for a very long time and may be correct about that, I beg to differ with his views and believe that writer's block should not be defined and each and every writer should deny its existence. I can tell you this having written between 5,800 and 16,800 words per day for the last 20 months straight that if I believed in writer's block and accepted that as a problem then there is no way I could have written this much.

I assume that great writers like Mr. Steven Barnes would not be able to write as much either if they suffer from what many writers call writer's block. There is no doubt that Mr. Steven Barnes is a great writer and there is no doubt that he does not suffer from anything called writers block.

My definition of writer's block is this; A pure fantasy inside a writer's head; which prevents them from writing because they think there's something wrong. I think I'm going to go with my definition rather than Mr. Steven Barnes because I cannot afford to accept writers block or anything which might slow down my writing. I would encourage all new writers to also take the same tact as me and deny the existence of writer's block. Please consider this in 2006.

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