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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Bud Shaw For me, writer's block is simply avoidance. It's the same problem that keeps me from going o the gym today or riding my bike tomorrow. I always feel s…moreFor me, writer's block is simply avoidance. It's the same problem that keeps me from going o the gym today or riding my bike tomorrow. I always feel so much better doing it, but if even a day goes by the inertia to do it again is replaced by that of avoidance. Don't we all have to deal with that? The way inertia keeps us from doing the hard things that make us the most happy?(less)

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Bud Shaw Dissecting experiences in order to find the truth within them. OK, so the cache is that being a good surgeon requires being good at dissection of fles…moreDissecting experiences in order to find the truth within them. OK, so the cache is that being a good surgeon requires being good at dissection of flesh, but surgeons are never taught how to dissect the far less tangible aspects of life. Maybe that explains their bad bedside manner. I admit that I had to learn a new skill called self-reflection, and in doing so, I learned so much about myself. Much of it was not good news, but accepting the bad with the good has made me more self-aware, more alive, and ultimately more happy. I don't want to lose that gift from writing.(less)

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Average rating: 3.57 · 963 ratings · 118 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Last Night in the OR: A Transplant Surgeon's Odyssey 3.57 avg rating — 964 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Card Draw / Get Out of Town / One for the Pot by Louis L'Amour, Beau L'Amour (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Gray (Narrator) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Man with the Golden Arm

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“Eventually I learned that even when the truth becomes evident, it isn’t always relevant.”
― Bud Shaw, Last Night in the OR: A Transplant Surgeon's Odyssey

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“Jacques Cousteau and that in 1960 he told a reporter for Time magazine, “Under water, man becomes an archangel.”
― Bud Shaw, Last Night in the OR: A Transplant Surgeon's Odyssey

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“dime coffee machine in the cafeteria”
― Bud Shaw, Last Night in the OR: A Transplant Surgeon's Odyssey

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