That thing called a writer's block

The art of dealing with a temperamental and fussy Muse. Meaning, you don't.

As a working, professional writer who literally trades words for money, having writer’s block is … inconvenient.

Don’t write? No food.

So, over the years, I’ve trained my Muse to work when I’m doing professional things. As a journalist, content marketing and technical writer, I produced words reliably even if I didn’t feel “the flow”. Sometimes, my best a…