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Five Ways to Beat Writer’s Block

Writer’s block is fear.

Writer’s block is a story. One you’re telling yourself because there’s something you’re getting out of it.

For The Writing Cooperative, I put out a post on five strategies poets can use to recover from writer’s block.

The guide to getting unblocked covers five strategies that help you change the way you approach your writing, so you can move through the resistance.

In the short term, the best way I’ve found to overcome writing blocks is to trick yourself. Sometimes it’s starting something new, going back to something old, or taking a break (even switching mediums). In the long term, it’s a mindset game….but these tips will help.

Lindsey Danis

A queer writer based in the Hudson Valley, New York, Lindsey writes about food, travel, and LGBTQ topics. Lindsey’s reported work and essays have appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, AFAR, Fodor’s, Vittles, Restaurant Startup & Growth, Longreads and Eater, received a notable mention in Best American Travel Writing, and are anthologized in The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes and Mysteries (Mango Press, 2022) and Nourishing Resistance: Stories of Food, Protest, and Mutual Aid (PM Press, 2023).