{"id":9460,"date":"2017-08-08T06:27:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T10:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mckeestory.com\/?p=9460"},"modified":"2018-04-20T05:44:37","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T09:44:37","slug":"how-do-i-get-over-writers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/how-do-i-get-over-writers-block\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Get Over Writer&#8217;s Block?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nM1hbxaUPRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Robert McKee discusses the dreaded phenomenon of writer&#8217;s block and suggests some strategies for overcoming it.<\/p>\n<p><div class='one_third'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mBRekEU--vc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='two_third et_column_last'>\n\t\t\t\t\tSteve Pressfield&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckeestore.com\/-THE-WAR-OF-ART-By-Steven-Pressfield-Foreward-by-Robert-McKee-Personally-Autographed-by-Pressfield-and-McKee-Limited-Edition-of-2500-Copies_p_26.html\" target=\"_blank\">The War or Art<\/a><\/em>\u00a0is a necessary ally for anyone who has ever faced writer&#8217;s block. Robert McKee wrote the\u00a0foreword for the book and is a long-time fan and friend of Pressfield. For members, Pressfield is featured in a lengthy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.storylogue.com\/docs\/interviews.html?documentId=25\">Storylogue<\/a>\u00a0interview.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n<div class='one_half'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Quotes of the Week:<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To find the truth, make your own heart pound when you write.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Robert McKee<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it&#8217;s the key to victory over fear and it&#8217;s cousin, depression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; From\u00a0Robert McKee&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mckeestore.com\/Robert-McKees-book-STORY_p_11.html\" target=\"_blank\">STORY: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='one_half et_column_last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Article of the Week:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2014\/02\/why-writers-are-the-worst-procrastinators\/283773\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Why Writers Are The Worst Procrastinators&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Megan McArdle explains the psychological origins of the writer&#8217;s habit of waiting (&#8230; and waiting, and waiting) to work.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert McKee discusses the dreaded phenomenon of writer&#8217;s block and suggests some strategies for overcoming it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-lessons","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9460"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11264,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9460\/revisions\/11264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}