Around the Writer's Block (WisCon 31 panel)
The Craft And Business of Writing SF&F•623• Saturday, 2:30-3:45 p.m.
If we love to write, why is so hard sometimes to get our butts in the chair and our hands on the keyboard? Whether you call it writer’s block or procrastination or lack of will power (often disguised by lack of time) or 'I just don't want to today,' every writer experiences resistance at some time. What makes or breaks us is not whether we experience resistance (we will!), it's how we respond to it. And most writers respond badly: we criticize ourselves, we push and drive, we threaten and bully ourselves, we question our ability, our commitment, our character. Stop doing that! Find out how resistance works both neurologically and psychologically. Give yourself tools to move through the resistance.
M: Heidi Lampietti, Eileen Gunn, Rosemary Kirstein, Jennifer Pelland, Caroline Stevermer
Saturday, 4:00-5:15 p.m.