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# give up DISCIPLINE, you'll write freely
- URL: https://www.writerscience.com/show/this-video-will-find-you-when-you-want-to-give-up-writing/
- Published: 2026-05-06T10:46:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-30T06:54:42.000Z
- Description: Writer's block is not a discipline problem
- Author: William Fitzpatrick
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You're blocked, so you do what you're told: more discipline, word counts, butt in chair.

But in my experience, that just makes things worse. Before I started this YouTube channel, I spent a year stuck on a novel. Until I quit

Two days later the ideas flooded in.

What if writer's block isn't a weakness? What if it isn't even a problem?

What if writer's block is a signal that you're on the verge of a breakthrough?

That's what I found when I stopped trying to force my way through writer's block. 

Behind the block is a new, more authentic version of you with something worth saying. 

Your only job is to get out of its way.