I'm experiencing the most prolonged writers block imaginable (to me at least). What is this all about? I've cleared my diary so that I have time, I'm going to bed early and eating well so I'm not super tired or unhealthy, I know what I've got to write because I've made a start on it and got some very useful feedback. But still, I just can't write.
The irony is that a significant proportion of my teaching has been about writing, particularly about helping students who find it difficult to write to write. And I did a whole teaching portfolio about it. So in theory I know all the tricks. So it must be something deeper than that. I'm starting to look into the psychology of writers block. When I find some things to read about it I will report back.
First observation though, why are there books about doing academic writing that don't talk about writers block?
Friday 31 October 2008
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