According to Dictionary.com, writer's block is defined as "a usually temporary condition in which a writer finds it impossible to proceed with the writing of a novel, play, or other work." This condition strikes many writers across the world, from Argentina to Zimbabwe, and those many writers often find it hard to shake this terrible affliction. Odds are you, reading this, have been hit by the awfully solid brick known as writer's block.
But did you know getting rid of writer's block is easier than you think? Just follow these 5 steps and you'll be writing like Stephen King in the coke-fueled 1970s!
5. Drink A Glass of Water
Nothing replenishes the mind-well like a cool refreshing glass of hydrating H20!
4. Go Outside
Nothing replenishes the mind-well like a quick jaunt in the woods!
3. [Third Point]
.... I'll come back to this one.
2. Maybe, like
take a nap or something? Jerk off to clear your mind? I'm not sure.
1.
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Sean, the length of this article is unacceptable. Odyssey articles have to be 500 words or more to be publishable. This is the third article in a row that you have turned in that is too short. I understand that you going for some sort of meta-textual joke, but I think you've beat that dead horse with Id & Ego, An Open Letter to Open Letters, and An Open Letter to An Open Letter to Open Letters. Please find another schtick, this is getting embarrassing. Can't you go back to writing fun articles like your pasta piece and that great one about Ducks? Or what about that great one you wrote at the beginning of the year about Coming Out?
I really appreciate that you are trying to write something funny, but unfortunately you've barely been writing something tolerable. Why don't you just take a couple days off and rethink your articles, okay? Why don't you write about something in the news? We need more trending pieces to make quota this month. Here' an idea: legal weed — I'll transfer some money from the Odyssey Petty Cash fund and you can take a trip to one of those Hippie States: Oregon or Colorado. Buy some legal weed, write about it, and then come back next week. Until then I can't publish this, Sean.
I hope you get over your Writer's Block, keep up the good work.
-The Editor
