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Document1 is what the first blank, Microsoft Word document is automatically named. As more new documents are created, they are automatically called Document2, then Document3 etc. etc. Now, I usually start my blog posts on a Microsoft Word document, and I'll admit, by the time I had any real idea about what to say I was on, oh, let's say Document14 :-)

Writer's block is the bane of many writers, including yours truly (at least for the time being.) I even have my jazz radio going in the background, most of my homework done for the time being, and it's a nice, Saturday afternoon spent inside away from the bitterly cold winds. I suppose the only thing that could make me a whole lot more comfortable would be an easy chair (much better than any office chair ever created I assure you) as well as a mug of hot chocolate.

According to Wikipedia, writer's block is: a phenomenon involving temporary loss of ability to begin or continue writing, usually due to lack of inspiration or creativity. Also according to Wikipedia, since I've been having some writer's block, the frontal and temporal lobes of my brain might be having some "changes." Writer's block is something that may also be related to depression or anxiety (I sure hope that's not my case!)

Strategies for overcoming writer's block from Wikipedia:

1. Use writer's exercises such as "chunking."
2. Taking a break, meditating, or doing relaxation exercises to relieve any pressure on oneself and on the writing

Ways to prevent writer's block (still from the same source - doesn't that place have information on EVERYTHING?!)

1. brainstorm before you try to write
2. eat healthy
3. exercise
   

Some of my solutions:

1. Get some fresh air - but not too much :-)
2. do something else for a while

I think most readers are now thinking, "So, which solutions actually work?" Well, being your faithful writer, I tested them. And my answer is: none!! Actually, they all helped a little, but when it comes down to it, writer's block will end when writer's block wants to end. There's not much one can do about it.

If you're interested in finding more about it, just search writer's block on Google and there are around 2.5 million hits. If you exhaust all those, well, I'm sorry, you may just have to wait your writer's block problem out!