Talk:Writer's block

message: The strategies section is unsourced and appears to be copied from somewhere.  Since Wikipedia is not a self-help guide, this section should be rewritten in a more appropriate style and tone, and sourced.  Bruxism 23:27, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strategies 

message: I often find, while writing, that i can't think of what comes next. it doesn't have to do with the reasons stated but just the fact that it's really hard to think up a way to advance a situation when you writing on a single track--Acebrock 19:21, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More reasons? 

message: Is this really necessary? as far as I know, all writers suffer from writer's block at one point or another. I'll take it off a week from now if there are no complaints. If, for whatever reason you want to put it back feel free to. just put a reason here afterwards--Acebrock 19:20, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Henry Roth's writer's block lasted for 40 or 50 years, and is not only notorious, but kind of defined his life, or more aptly put, is of great importance in understanding the creation of his final cycle of novels.  I can't speak to the others, but his is so extreme, and so important, that it merits being listed, I think.  Bruxism 03:55, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Instead of a list of people who supposedly had writer's bock why not write an entire section on Henry Roth's witer's block? Thanks to your description i feel that at least his writer's block is worth talking about.--Acebrock 22:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this is very important, especially for those writers that Wiki'd this is the hopes of learning how to get over Writer's Block. It's very important to know that they're not the only one that has that problem (though this may be obvious to most writers). Adela rays 15:15, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people who suffer fom writer's block 

message: Microsoft Word includes a feature known as "Outline View."  By going to "View" on the toolbar, writers can open this writing tool. Outline View provides a new toolbar with arrows, thus allowing writers to promote or demote ideas they have typed on the screen. Many corporate writers use this tool to overcome writer's block. Ann G. Miller 17:19, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strategies 

message: i dont believe that writers block is just 'writers block' or 'artists block' (including musicians). someone please answer me on this, could writers block be a complete block of the mind? i think i have suffered this for almost all of my life and it's with reading, comprehensen, writing, mathamatical problems and also speaking (talking with friends and listning to speakers/lectures). as i am still in school this is an aweful problem to deal with and the levels vary quite alot (eg sometimes im getting much better at it then five minutes later i can not think at all.)its not that i forget everything like short term memory loss, but i find redoing what you were thinking before helps alot. saying of which, alot of the strategies really do work.
something else that intrigued me is that the article says that the cause it of writers block is depression or emotional upset. i do see how this can be true but my depression was caused by my form of writers block. figure that one out! i was so blocked in all i did that i tried to keep all options and questions open and i tell you, that is something that can send a person to the mental institute.
So is emotional upset the real cause of writers block? Or is there something deeper?
--Alacana 09:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You write a lot for a "sufferer of writer's block." I don't think the horrible feeling of being in school counts as writer's block. You could go on and on about how stupid your school is or about things like hypocrisy, hostile sexuality, and other horrors you witness on a daily bases. Maybe you, your teachers or your textbooks communicate poorly. Maybe you're a sufferer of oppression or mind control or simply social control. People hate truth, so perhaps your brain is wise to shut down, to prevent you from saying things that will make them kill you. Erudecorp ? * 11:01, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sufferer of writers block 

message: Someone added a whole essay here in this section it seems. It may be interesting to read but it doesn't feel like it belongs here. Anyone do something about it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.111.14.36 (talk) 13:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Origins of Writer's block' 

message: Now WHO is this Arthur Hermansen?  Dead or alive, for starters?
I would like to know where I can contact this person if at all possible, but all I find when I type his name into the Google search engine is this page.
Of all the reading I've done about creative block, his conception, to me, is the very first I've come across that seems to hit the nail this square on the head, specifically as far as long-term 'block' is concerned, and the first to point out how deeply rooted this phenomenon can be.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.   Thank you,
A.S.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.231.104.135 (talk) 18:52, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  calling arthur hermansen 

message: Answering "Artist's block" above, "Artist's block" can be an umbrella term for any creative block, meaning that it occurs in the experience of artists, writers, musicians, designers, actors – anyone whose productivity depends on composing what they do with the tools they have through their own imagination or creativity, and structuring a project independently of more mundane contexts. Sports people have times when they don't perform well and tend to refer to this as being "out of form". Writer's block is often associated with the "blank page" syndrome or symptom when a writer can't continue to produce whatever is their project and feels paralysed when faced with the "blank page" in the handwritten or early typewritten era of the blank page; now it's more like the blank page of the wordprocessor document. There's a loss of confidence in all of this somewhere. I know of more creatives who experienced the block for ten, even 20 years so will add them in when have time. I'd like to see this article improved because it contributes more to awareness of the phenomenon. Julia Rossi (talk) 03:29, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Creative block

message: I'd like to cleanup and summarise the essay on Hermansen's view, but not sure where all the contents (reasoning and arguments) should go. It can be tightened up to a reference with a few major points because though interesting, there's nothing to back it up. Anyone? Julia Rossi (talk) 04:48, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Essay? 

message: A couple of people have touched on this: who is Arthur Hermansen and why is his view taking up half the article? He doesn't have his own article. A Google search seems to only turn up a couple of blogs on the first few pages mentioning him; one of them is complaining about this article and asking who he is. Halfway through the section stops presenting it as a specific opinion and starts reading even more like an essay. At the very least this section violates WP:UNDUE and should be greatly shortened; in order to remain at all it should be (reliably) sourced. Bridies (talk) 08:50, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I went ahead and removed the offending section. Bridies (talk) 05:52, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arthur Hermansen's view 

message: ...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.186.178.202 (talk) 00:33, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Um... 

message: One of the dictionary websites I checked dated the term to around 1945-1950, but gave no citations.  I searched all the Project Gutenberg etexts I had on my HD for this term and didn't find it except once in an introduction added by a PG editor, so that suggests it at least was not in common use before 1923.  The article says that George Gissing was the first to write about writer's block, but what terms did he use to describe the phenomenon? --Jim Henry (talk) 19:57, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earliest use of this term?  Older terms used for the same concept? 

message: You can experience writers block at any time no matter what you are writing, and it doesn't have to be your job. Since Writer's Block doesn't only affect those who have a profession in writing, shouldn't we not have that there?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.224.98.83 (talk) 18:16, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Writer's Block solely for professions? 

message: My name is User:Katgreene and I am a rhetoric and composition MA student at Ball State University. I'm currently taking a Teaching with Technologies course and one of the course's assignments is to update a Wikipedia page. I have choose Writer's block (writing anxiety) because this is an area of focus in my research. I am proposing adding/updating three sections: Definitions, Causes, and Possible Solutions or Invention Strategies. Please keep in mind my updates are coming from a rhetoric and composition foundation, and focuses on writing and the processes surrounding it versus a physiology foundation, which perhaps someone else can add to. I welcome ideas and suggestions or comments.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katgreene (talk • contribs) February 16, 2012
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thread_title: Writer's block article expansion

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replies: text: Hi. From the article's edit history, how can one judge "recent" or "student"?  A date range and list of student Wikipedia IDs would be helpful.  Regards.  --Ds13 (talk) 20:56, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Impact of recent student edits

message: Blank Page syndrome is some blogger's name for Writers Block, does not warrent its own section. Section deleted. The material could be made part of the main article but has nothing to distinguish it from Writers Block except a blog by someone thoughtful -- which I inserted as an outside link. GeeBee60 (talk) 15:02, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blank page 

message: I see that the section "Treatment" used to be called "Coping strategies". Since this article is not written in a medical tone, and writer's block is not a medical condition, I don't see how "Treatment" is a good title for the section. I propose it's changed back to "Coping strategies" or some similar wording that does not suggest a medical treatment for a pathology.
The revision that changed the section title lacks any explanation as to why it was done. NyanarWelden (talk) 17:07, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed it back. Bkatcher (talk) 18:18, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Treatment vs. Strategies 

message: I want to improve this page does anyone have any ideas where I should start?
I was thinking adding more on the coping strategies section perhaps going more into writers block and school systems
Just let me know! Fhozven (talk) 22:34, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding to the Page. 

message: — Assignment last updated by Roach Jefferson (talk) 23:58, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Writ 2 - Academic Writing

message: — Assignment last updated by Bryceucsb (talk) 01:22, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Writing 2

message: Let us remember that Gore Vidal, a not unsuccessful novelist, dismissed writers' block as an affliction affecting only second and third rate talents.
The suggestions above for 'cures' relate only to the composition of fiction. There are a good few other genres of literature... but the world is over-populated today with people who want to BE writers, i.e. best-selling novelists, but such an ambition already identifies them as having a mind coagulated with clichés, so of course they are 'blocked'. 2001:8003:3020:1C00:31F7:47BF:DC77:7D1F (talk) 05:16, 29 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gore Vidal... 

message: — Assignment last updated by Icecream209 (talk) 07:07, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Writ 2 - Academic Writing