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Directions

Understanding how writer’s block impacts and sometimes paralyzes you will help you be more successful in overcoming it. To understand your experience with writer’s block, write a journal entry (several paragraphs) that addresses the following questions:

• What does your inner critic tell you about your writing skills?
• Besides the inner critic, what other factors cause you to experience writer’s block?
• What have you done in the past to combat writer’s block?
• Talk with another person about your writer’s block experience. What did they suggest as solutions for overcoming it?
• What changes do you want to make in the coming weeks and months in order to overcome writer’s block?