Have you been completely crippled by Writer's Block?

I read an article a while back about writer's block. I can't remember what article that was but what the writer said in his article was really interesting. He said that there's no such thing as writer's block. If you talk, you should be able to write. You've never heard of anyone saying that he has a talker's block, do you? So why should there be a writer's block? The only difference between a writer and a talker is that a writer has to formulate his ideas and write them down physically whereas a talker just talk. So if you think you have writer's block just record your ideas on a tape and transcribe them. After that it's a matter of editing what you've transcribed which shouldn't be difficult.

Talk about frustration! Yes, we do experience such setback especially when you know got this great idea floating in your head then the moment you tried to put it on writing your mind goes kaput! I would suggest that you put it in your handy-dandy notebook and jot down the idea the moment it pops in your head, so that you can get back to it.

It happens to me and I keep postponing the writing targets. My biggest problem is that when I get time, I feel bit sleepy. When I force myself, the writing does not turn good and effective. So when I get the block, I start reading articles. It gives me ideas and further enhances my writing, though it doesn' work all the time.

Yes. It happens to me a lot because I'm a songwriter and so I'll be in the middle of a song and I won't be able to think of what to write next for it. There was one song that I wrote that I seriously started in November and didn't end up finishing until I think March because I just couldn't think of anything so I took a break. I tend to have it happen more with songwriting than I do with writing papers or stories for class.

Oh, my friend! True meaning can not be expressed by language. I experienced your feeling many times. But I don't think it's a downer. Our Chinese ancestors left an idiom to us, "The pleasure can be sensed but not expressed in words". Besides, a poet in Jin Dynasty also wrote a poem, the last sentence meant "There's something inside, but when I want to express, I forget the words."

Truth be told, i have been crippled by writers block many times. I hate to admit it but its true. It happens to the best of us, the worst of us, and even the average us.

Oh, man, do I ever know how that feels. I often have the ideas right in front of me - I write them down as soon as I get them - but I have no drive to write, or no words come to my mind, or something like that. When I try to write anyway, it just sounds so forced and, well, bad. I just wish I knew an effective way to work through writer's block so I could be more productive... Plus, I'd be able to write when I wanted to write... Right now, the only strategy I have is leaving my writing alone for a while and coming back later... It works, but it takes time. Actually, that's what I'm doing right now!