Writer's Block and How to Use it

Permissions Acknowledgments......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 9
WHAT IS WRITER\'S BLOCK?......Page 12
STARTING COLD:Beginner\'s Block......Page 22
PROCRASTINATION:Laziness Is Not the Issue......Page 42
TOTE THAT BARGE, LIFT THAT BALE:The Master/Slave Relationship......Page 50
WHEN YOUR BEST IS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH:Perfectionism and Criticism......Page 66
GREAT EXPECTATIONS:Excessive Ambition......Page 80
DIVINE CHILD,PROFANE ADULT:The Myth of Unlimited Possibilities......Page 94
THE WHOLE IS LARGER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS:Notes and Plans That Refuse to Make a Book......Page 106
BEATING ALIVE HORSE:Writing Over  the Block,Obsessive Rewriting......Page 118
HAVE YOU A GLASS SLIPPERIN A SIZE 13? Forcing Your Talent into the Wrong Mold......Page 128
NO CLOISTERED VIRTUE:Using Your Writing to Hide from Life......Page 142
BITCH GODDESS/BASTARD GOD:Success and Writer\'s Block......Page 156
ACTIVE SILENCE:No Block at All......Page 170
APPENDIX......Page 178
NOTES......Page 182
INDEX......Page 189