Overcoming "writer's block" for academic writing 14 Articles

by R.L Hanlon

Academic writing often requires a lot of tedious research and information that may be uninteresting to an author requested to write an essay on it. This lack of interest, or possibly the inability to present an old issue ...read more

by Bridget N. Watts

Most people who spend a lot of their time writing are familiar with the experience of writer's block. It does not matter whether you are a professional author, a seasoned professor or an undergraduate student, at some poin...read more

by Lydia Kelly

Knocking Out the Block It happens to everyone. You get stuck on a project, and have no idea what to write. Writer's block can be a terribly frustrating thing, especially when you have a deadline to meet. Try these ti...read more

by MJ Suttor

"Writer's block" for academic writing is just a misnomer for avoidance, procrastination and eventually panic. There are many other more appropriate phrases to describe this experience such as "Hung up on My Space", "Face t...read more

by Albert Aunchman

I remember as a child, getting up in the morning and announcing to my mother that I wasn't going to be able to go to school today because I had a stomachache. She would immediately respond with, " It's all in your head, co...read more

by Royce Radcliffe

It can be hard enough to find inspiration in general, but when it comes to topics that have no inherent interest for you the task is doubly hard. Whether it is due to a lack of understanding of the subject matter, perfecti...read more

by Clare Callow

So, you're sitting at your computer, notes in hand, coffee on desk, a pile of references at the ready. Suddenly, you have no idea what to write. You're stuck! You know, and I know, that the above scenario is absolute pi...read more

by Kodjo Adadevoh

As writers, we sometimes loose our inspiration and creative writing abilities; we get distracted or lack the motivation or discipline to continue an article. As a consequence, we are unable to put our ideas into written fo...read more

by Trent Lorcher

Human beings are born with two fears: falling and loud noises. Every other fear is learned, and can be therefore unlearned. The same applies to writer's block for academic writing. We weren't born with an inability to ...read more

by Marissa Higgins

Pencil in hand staring at a blank sheet of lined paper is much less intimidating than having the keyboard at your fingertips while staring at a blank word document on a computer screen. Being on a computer with Internet...read more

by Frederick Babb

The ideals have evaporated. The words that once flowed from your fingertips have taken a vacation to parts unknown. Now, as you sit in front of your computer screen staring at a blank word document, you wonder how you ev...read more

by Arabella Kelly

For students of any age, being presented with a required topic for a paper, or even a list of topics to choose from, may result in a sort of paralysis of the brain. In other words, an author may experience writer's block. ...read more

by Amy Morse

Writer's block is an ailment that affects all writers at some point, regardless of age or experience. Academic writing can be particularly intimidating, compared with more personal, creative writing. Some important thing...read more

by Caroline Fraissinet

It can strike at any time. Always when you least expect it, it comes over you and stops you in your tracks. You can't think, and completely forget what you were doing. Your brain has frozen and there's no ice cream in s...read more