Is Writer's Block Really Stopping You From Writing Your Book?

By Tom R Evans

We are all experts at creating reasons why we haven't finished (or perhaps even started our book). How do I know this? Because I have been a master at inventing more important things to do than write.

You can so easily become a 'busy fool' or, if you are like me, you put the needs of others (and your bank account) ahead of getting on with the writing of your books. There is nothing wrong or insidious about this, it's just a fact of life especially in these credit crunchy days.

Make no mistake, by writing your book there is no guarantee of instant riches and retirement. Like the lottery, you have to play and be in the written and published category to have any chance of 'winning'. You will also learn your craft and about the vagaries of the publishing industry by writing and publishing something no matter how small.

Perhaps it's a collection of poems or short stories. The literary world is full of authors who only 'made it' through tenacity and persistence. Some also only achieve fame posthumously. While this might not be of any benefit to you, just think of how you can leave a cultural legacy for the world and perhaps a financial legacy for your family.

Speaking personally, I cashed all my pensions in early before they lost even more money and I plan not only to make my writings my passive income but also to have life style that supports what is essentially a hobby.

Apart from financial considerations, you may have a full time job or a family to look after. The latter of course being a full time job in itself. Of course, you may have both. I am sure you will be able to think of many factors that will contrive against you getting on with writing.

For example, the physical space you want to write in may be messy and there's a much needed clear out to be done.

Now I am a great believer in the win-win situation as a motivator. Forgetting for a moment about the benefit of having a book published, this little exercise at the end of this article is designed to find out what will stop you from getting your book written. In the second part of the exercise you will elicit the collateral benefits in other areas in your life you will achieve by writing your book.

Exercise: Identifying Blocks
List the things that you think are currently preventing you from getting started with a book. Here are some examples:

• Full time job



• Family commitments



• Untidy office



• No computer at home



• Needing to do some research first



• Confidence in writing



• Lack of self esteem



• Fear of ridicule, failure or success

Now list things in your life you would like to change, perhaps some bad habits:

• Not getting enough exercise



• Watching too much television



• Issues at work



• Family or relationship problems



• Playing computer games

Finally, write down how you would feel if you managed to not only write and publish a book but also deal with these issues in your life.

You can find out about the numerous ways to banish writers block in my new book BLOCKS!

Tom Evans is an Author and Business Mentor who helps authors and aspiring authors to write and publish their own books. Tom specializes in helping writers to overcome the dreaded writer's block and has just released his new book BLOCKS covering the numerous and innovative ways to overcome writers block.

Tom offers a range of services including writer's workshops, home study courses, 1:1 mentoring and ePublishing support.

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