One of the benefits of daily writing is consistently, and persistently, confronting the fear of writer’s block.
Note, I include “the fear of” and not just “writer’s block”.
A long time ago I decided that just like the monster under the bed doesn’t exist, neither does writer’s block.
As Patricia Ryan Madsen says in ‘Improv Wisdom’, “There’s always something in the box.”
When I feel the fear, I pause. I sit. I wait. I try not to force things. I try assume a posture, attitude, and mind of openness. I decide to be curious. I refuse to be defeated by the fear.
And some days, when I’m really struggling, I remember the William Stafford quote, “Lower your standards and keep writing.”
There is no destination. The joy is in turning up every day.