How to Use writer's block in a Sentence
writer's block
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Not sure where to start, or suffering from a case of writer's block?
—Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
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The pressure caused writer's block for Hope, and bandmates couldn't agree on directions for new songs.
—Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018
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Key topics include how to juggle the plot, characters, and places, as well as how to beat writer's block.
—NBC News, 14 Oct. 2019
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Marber was crippled with a severe case of writer's block.
—Isobel Thompson, A-LIST, 21 Mar. 2017
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Gaiman says the story was inspired by his own struggle with writer's block while working on the comic.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2022
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In an effort to overcome writer's block, Jughead buys drugs off his ex, Jessica, and take them in his trusty bunker to write.
—Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 10 Aug. 2021
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Torrance, an author, brings his wife and son to a remote hotel in Colorado in hopes of curing his writer's block.
—Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2020
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Like her Disney+ character, Rodrigo said she's felt the pain of writer's block through her own career, finding strength in pushing through.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2021
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Although Nini struggles onscreen to write the song, Rodrigo had no such writer's block.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 May 2021
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Meanwhile, in California, Wild wrestled her own bout of writer's block.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 12 June 2018
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In an idyllic cabin in the woods, a deaf author named Maddie is trying out new recipes, avoiding her ex-boyfriend's phone calls, and trying to combat writer's block, all while a crazed lunatic waits to strike.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 20 Oct. 2022
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Humor Me: Suffering from writer's block, an acclaimed playwright is dumped by his wife and forced to move in with his father in a retirement home in this 2017 comedy.
—Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 22 Apr. 2018
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Bardem, who had been struggling with writer's block, finally completes a new poem.
—Patti Greco, Cosmopolitan, 18 Sep. 2017
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In this ultra-scary film, writer Jack Torrance takes on a job as a caretaker for an isolated Colorado hotel, in the hopes of overcoming his writer's block.
—Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 10 Oct. 2022
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The floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto Albemarle Street are another luxurious touch—and a surefire way to cure anyone's writer's block.
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 30 Apr. 2019
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Bardem is a formerly popular poet suffering from a bad case of writer's block.
—Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 15 Sep. 2017
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Red Tide is the first of two terrifying tales coming this season, with this one starring Finn Wittrock as a screenwriter who moves his family to Provincetown in an attempt to cure his writer's block.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2021
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Overcome writer's block or polish your manuscript with the Novel Writing Workshop.
—Jennifer Signorelli, Chron, 19 May 2021
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But coming up with the perfect Instagram caption to accompany that adorable photo from your childhood playdates can oftentimes lead to an acute case of writer's block.
—Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 13 May 2022
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The two gifted minds tackle this enchanting invention about a depressed screenwriter with writer's block.
—Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
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From combating writer's block, developing each character to its full potential and understanding how to self-publish your work when you're done, there's much more to getting that story out than the will to do so.
—NBC News, 8 Nov. 2019
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That said, many people let this particularly paralyzing writer's block prevent them from sending one at all.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2020
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As anyone who has experienced writer's block will know, fretting too much about coming up with an original idea can cause creative constipation.
—Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
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If writer's block really existed, no one would ever graduate or pass classes.
—Anna Aguillard, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2016
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In season 2 of this semi-autobiographical rapcom, Dave Burd (who sorta plays himself) struggles with writer's block.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 June 2021
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He was documented experiencing writer's block, discussing those struggles with fellow musicians and looking back on traumatic memories to provide writing material for D-Day.
—Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
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