How To Beat Writer’s Block

Carley Moore
3 min readJun 15, 2021
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I joke with my students and #writingboss clients that I don’t believe in writer’s block and there’s no such thing as inspiration.

Letting go of the idea that we will be hit by a lightning bolt from the heavens while we sit in a pretty garret while wearing something frilly and/or sexy is especially challenging. Most movies or TV shows that involve writers show two versions of writing — the one where the writer stares…

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Carley Moore

Prof type, single mama, and disabled queerdo // Books: The Not Wives; 16 Pills; Panpocalypse (March 2022)