Writer’s block: 5000-year history

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Writer’s block: 5000-year history

26 October 2022

The Conversation

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Crystals and other objects are purported to help with inspiration and finding the right words at the right time [image: Jeff W on Unsplash]

Joyce Kinkead looks at difficulties in the creative process, be it writing for business or pleasure, and ways people have sought to capture the muse

Ann Patchett, who has written eight novels and five books of non-fiction, says that when faced with writer’s block, sometimes it seems the muse has “g, PalaceofFineArtsSanFran_CR_Brett-Wharton-on-Unsplash.jpeg , The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco – from ancient times, gods and goddesses and later, Christian saints, were adopted as patrons for people’s prof

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