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Writer’s block…or procrastination?

May 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Procrastination Sign #34

Is there a difference between writer’s block and procrastination? Slate addresses this question in an interesting article called “It’s All in My Head”.

Tags: Writing craft: how-to, inspiration

3 responses so far ↓

  • Mari Adkins // May 15, 2008 at 9:04 am

    While I’ve yet to read the article, I would like to say that yes, there’s a huge difference between writer’s block and procrastination. Huge! Writer’s block is when nothing is coming to you. Procrastination is when it’s there and you’re doing nothing with it.

  • tasha // May 16, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Well, I can never let my friends read that article! I’ve always known my problem was procrastination…definitely the whole ‘if I don’t finish it, it can’t be judged’ thing. It takes me forever to get to the end of a novel b/c of that. Of course, I’ve always claimed it to be a block of some sort.

    *Sigh* Does this mean I have to give up procrastination now that I really know what it is?

  • Erin L. Delaney // May 18, 2008 at 11:25 pm

    Ironically, I fell upon your website by procrastination… I mean “writer’s block.”

    Thanks for the great laughs. I needed it today.

    Erin

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