Five Tips on How to Avoid Writer's Block
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Complete, First published May 18, 2017
Writer's block--ugh!  Have you ever encountered it?  Have you ever been knocked off of your writing game because of it?  Sure, you can find plenty of articles on how to "break through" writer's block, but, what about a quick-read book on how to "prevent" it altogether?

Tips, pointers, and tricks are what you will find in my pre-writer's-block "formula."  My answers are only a page away.  They hold no gimmicks; there are no difficult paths to follow.  Presented in easy-to-understand fashion, my techniques apply simply, and can bring about a productive result for you.


(*"Five Tips on How to Avoid Writer's Block" had been a guest post that I had done, in 2016, for romance author Trinity Hanrahan. She had asked me to write something for her blog and, in April of that year, this work had posted on it.  I now understand, though, that this informative, quick-read piece, is no longer available on that blog.  Here's hoping that posting it on Wattpad--with some fun added pictures, and minor tweaks [e.g., changing words like "below" to "on the following pages"; "previously above" to "the previous chapters," etc., to coincide with a "book format" here]--will help the writers on this platform.)
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