12 Ways to Make Yourself Write When You’re Not Feeling It

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“The first draft of anything is shit.”
–Ernest Hemingway

Writing is one of those things that, like exercise, we avoid even though we know we’ll feel so much better once it’s over. Why do we hear so much about writer’s block, but hardly ever about dancer’s freeze, or composer’s silence, or any other kind of artistic paralysis? Any ideas? Whatever the reason, we’ve all experienced that reluctance to  sit at our desks and put words on paper.

Here are some thoughts on overcoming that resistance:
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