Script Magazine Few people realize that Writer's Block is a progressive disease that not only attacks the verbal processing lobes of the brain, but also debilitates the emotional response center as well. What starts out as a minor case of idea retardation can eventually deteriorate into acute blithering idiotus . The final stage of this horrible disease is anonymity . Until recently, there was no hope. Now, recent research has shown that Writer's Block is actually a broad category of many related diseases, each with its own characteristics and symptoms.
Help is here at last.
This is one of the most common of all blocks. What makes this disease so insidious is the victim is often oblivious to the problem until it's too late and the script is rejected. Afterwards, the writer may recall a dull awareness of a flat and lifeless main character, or of a hero who is passive, perfect, and who has become an observer of the events of the screenplay. At the core of this malady is the writer's past. His writing is so autobiographical that his characters have no life of their own, but have become mere appendages of the writer.