A reader asked how to overcome writer’s block. I told her there is no such thing as writer’s block. When we feel like we can’t write anything, the truth is that we don’t think we can write anything good. You don’t have a “writing poorly block,” do you?
Just write. Get it moving. Expect that as you write you’ll start producing something more worthwhile.
Don’t score yourself on the % of your writing which you like. Score yourself for writing as a process, expecting that a fraction of what you produce is schlock.
(This understanding is not original to me. C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, and Seth Godin have all described this.)
Critical insight: This is true for every creative venture, not only writing.
