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Ian Canon I don't believe in writer's block. Sometimes what you write will be garbage, but there's never a time that nothing comes out. It's like saying you hav…moreI don't believe in writer's block. Sometimes what you write will be garbage, but there's never a time that nothing comes out. It's like saying you have "thinker's block" where thinking just stops. It doesn't happen. You might think stupid thoughts, but thinking doesn't stop. If you have writer's block, that's more a reflection of your self-doubt as a writer. I say plow on. In the words of Anne Lamott, just take it "bird by shitty bird." (less)
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Try Anyway: A Metamodernist Approach To The World

Maps and Territory

The raw substrata of reality. Capital-T Truth. The factual events of objective history. The ethically correct answer. These are examples of what we might call “territory.” It is the thing—everything and anything—we are trying to understand, navigate, and act within on a daily basis. It is also too vast, too complex, too multidimensional to ever access directly.

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