the key to beating writer's block

The best writing happens in gestation — in the pre-work, before a sentence is birthed. This is also the secret to beating writer's block, incidentally.

Only set pen to paper when you can't keep the words inside, when they're occupying your thoughts and tumbling out of your mouth and just generally being a nuisance.

It's like I tell my youngest: If the Nintendo Switch game card won't fit easily into the slot on the Switch where it goes, you're doing it wrong.

Resistance is your sign to try again. But in a different way.