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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Sheheryar Sheikh There is no such thing as writer’s block, thank God. It’s a delusion that the writer’s ego springs ahead as a big hurdle on the barely filled page. Th…moreThere is no such thing as writer’s block, thank God. It’s a delusion that the writer’s ego springs ahead as a big hurdle on the barely filled page. The ego proclaims: you must write only perfect sentences. The writer balks and stops as if he or she has just received a Stay Order from the Supreme Court. But the ego must be flung aside. The writer must allow herself or himself to write badly for a while. The good grooves are just around a page-turn or a paragraph down the scrollable screen.

To remedy what you think is the writer’s block: allow yourself to write badly. Or copy short stories by veterans from book to screen or write them out by hand. Or copy recipes. Or play with words in any other way. Write silly limericks if you have to. At the end of the day, perfection must be put aside until the editing stage—which should be separated from the writing stage. Editing comes after. First, fling the words with momentum and force onto the page.
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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Sheheryar Sheikh Lots. I'm working through Omar Shahid Hamid's Pakistani thrillers, which will be followed by Sabyn Javeri's Nobody Killed Her. After that, I'll be re-…moreLots. I'm working through Omar Shahid Hamid's Pakistani thrillers, which will be followed by Sabyn Javeri's Nobody Killed Her. After that, I'll be re-reading apocalyptic narratives for my dissertation, including McCarthy's The Road, Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus (and its sequel); In non-fiction, I'm focusing on works by Joseph Campbell, as they're pertinent to my next novel, which I'm in the middle of writing. (less)

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The Lost Decade and other stories

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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
― Hippocrates

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“The hero of yesterday becomes the tyrant of tomorrow, unless he crucifies himself today.”
― Joseph Campbell, The Hero With a Thousand Faces

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“And if you sat at the dinner table long enough, whether in punishment or in refusal or simply in boredom, you never stopped sitting there. Some part of you sat there all your life.”
― Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

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