How I overcome Writer’s block — and other writing issues.

Jess Morrison
5 min readFeb 8, 2023
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People who say writing creatively is easy, clearly don’t write enough…

Even those who write as a profession, as an author or monetized blog writer, for example, have to overcome tricky ink hurdles before they’re able to continue their craft. The infamous writer’s block becoming a temporary or permanent downfall for every writer and we’re guaranteed to be affected by it with every piece we write.

While writing this, I had to blankly stare at the wall for a couple of minutes to think about what I wanted to write.

It happens to everyone… and I’m here to tell you that’s okay.

Issue 1: Getting started

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Getting started is one hurdle. We live in a world with infinite topics that can spur an infinite of opinions. There are so many things one person could write about that drowning in ideas or perhaps a lack of ideas is a likely outcome, our brains literally explode into a mush of words. But sometimes we have an idea and getting started or expanding that idea becomes the problem. Or perhaps we have too many ideas, every person’s issues when it comes to making a start at…

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Jess Morrison

Greetings! I am Jess… A reviewer, writer and fellow coffee-addict hermit.