{"id":2107,"date":"2008-12-13T08:04:43","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/13\/writers-block\/"},"modified":"2008-12-13T08:04:43","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T20:04:43","slug":"writers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2008\/12\/13\/writers-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer&#8217;s block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many writers often develop writer&#8217;s block after they have been writing for a while.  They found their creativity dries up, could not write even a single sentence.  I have been writing blog for almost 3 years, recently I found I have a mild symptom of writer&#8217;s block.  In some day, I just could not think of anything.  I still write TV, anime and book reviews.  Writing review is relatively easy, the theme is already there and I just have to write down what I think.  Putting a topic to write is the difficult part.  Well, it is not that I am less creative, rather hold myself to a have higher standard now.  I don&#8217;t my writing merely repeating what others say.  I want to make my own point of view that is original.  The problem is that I seems to start repeating myself.  What&#8217;s the point of saying the same thing of similar issues many times?  Maybe I should shift the emphasis of my writing.  Instead of always trying to come up with new ideas, I should be content with my old ideas and focus on refining my writing skill.  The same idea can be present in many different ways, some are more efficient and elegant than others.  I should explore different style of writing other random scribble.  I think I have hit a plateau in my writing skill, in order to have progress, I should learn about more advance writing skills.  Now, the question is where can I find those materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many writers often develop writer&#8217;s block after they have been writing for a while. They found their creativity dries up, could not write even a single sentence. I have been writing blog for almost 3 years, recently I found I have a mild symptom of writer&#8217;s block. 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