Everyone gets it at some given point in time, it's every writer's worst enemy, but it happens. Writer's block. Luckily I do not have it right now, but I had a very bad case of it last fall that lasted to almost mid-spring..
The Symptoms: It's when you want to write but your mind feels all blank and idea-less, blah and without a single bit of inspiration plus you feel lethargic and un-motivated. Pretty bad huh? Well that's worst case scenario. Mild symptoms of writer's block include false motivation but and inability to actually pin down any idea (it's pretty frustrating).
The Remedy: Try not to focus on writing for a while. Do something else. Do 50 jumping jacks. Spin around till you get dizzy. Read a good book. Eat chocolate. (Well, you get the idea.) Then when you've finally forgotten anything and everything that you ever had to do with writing, go back to it all of a sudden. It's amazing. Words will jump out at you, ideas will be beckoning you. Your only limit is how fast you can write. Good luck!
Note: no immunization yet found for this disease, it's pretty common yet no one's researching to find a cure. Cancer's old. What about this?
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