All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don’t get plumber’s block, and doctors don’t get doctor’s block; why should writers be the only profession that gives a special name to the difficulty of working, and then expects sympathy for it? ~Philip Pullman


I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly. My first drafts are filled with lurching, clichéd writing, outright flailing around. Writing that doesn’t have a good voice or any voice. But then there will be good moments. It seems writer’s block is often a dislike of writing badly and waiting for writing better to happen. ~Jennifer Egan


I actually wrote a poem about this exact thing called: Doubt's Big Hairy Behind. It's another one of those things a writer has to fight EVERY DAY.
I think every time you put yourself out there, open yourself up to the world by creating something and then sharing it with others, there will be fear, there will be struggle, and there will be doubt. It will probably always be there too. And...it's not necessarily a bad thing. Once we lose the fear, the doubt, and writing becomes easy, THEN I think we're in a heap of trouble. Without these things to fight through and motivate us, we will become complacent and cocky. A cocky writer is the worst. They won't improve because they think they don't need to. So maybe being humble and constantly afraid is a good thing (trying to put a positive spin on this).
I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I’m one of the world’s great rewriters. I find that three or four readings are required to comb out the cliches, line up pronouns with their antecedents, and insure agreement in number between subject and verbs…My connectives, my clauses, my subsidiary phrases don’t come naturally to me and I’m very prone to repetition of words; so I never even write an important letter in the first draft. I can never recall anything of mine that’s ever been printed in less than three drafts. You write that first draft really to see how it’s going to come out. —James A. Michener

Kayla Mccoy @TWFanmilyKM being called a bad writer.
Leila Vázquez @LeilaIrea I am amateur writer (I write fanfic), but what scares me is that people do not like what I write.
Darcy Flanagan @DShenanigan25 stories not being good enough, people not liking them, having long term writers block.
Shana Hammaker @Literarygrrrl My well running dry
Megan Trefry-Bennett Never getting another idea
Marie Borthwick That no one will like what I write
Sara Beth Cole I'm with Marie. Rejection terrifies me.
Amanda Rinker Writer's block. Yikes.
Robynn Gabel The EDITOR! LOL
Kortnee Bryant that someone will see my google search history
Rhi Paille That nobody will read my books.
Surreal Nyx Losing my writing mojo.
Looks and sounds familiar, doesn't it? So we're not alone. In fact, we're quite normal to feel these things. So what do we do about it?
The only thing we can...WE WRITE. Then we keep on writing. And then we write some more. That's it. Or give up. But who here wants to give all this up? Not I. And I hope, certainly not you :)
How do you fight your inner writing demons? What's worked for you when you found yourself in the midst of writer's block? What do you do to keep yourself plugging away, day after day? Please share. We'd all love to know. Advice is TOTALLY welcomed and appreciated here!