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Writing and Failure

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Paul Whybrow

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This article from the New York Times is worth a read. Even established authors suffer setbacks and get the blues, so if you're just starting out difficulties can grow out of all proportion.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.co...side-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region&_r=0

I constantly remind myself that if it doesn’t come naturally, then leave it. There’s little value in forcing something into being – things take on the flavour of their creator’s mood.

Setting a writing project aside for a while, and tackling something different, some poetry or a short story might free up the log jam in your mind + you'll get a kick out of seeing a new piece of work flow freely from your imagination. There's more than one way down the river of creativity.
 
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