Haha, this thread is amazing to read! People who reply to your post try to explain why the writer's block is a thing, and inadvertently demonstrate the reason i

Haha, this thread is amazing to read! People who reply to your post try to explain why the writer's block is a thing, and inadvertently demonstrate the reason it is a thing for them and not for you. They talk about how easy it is to write random words and how hard it is to write well, and you keep explaining that you're supposed to remove the filters, start by writing random words, and then edit until it's good. I think that's the difference between the people who have writer's block and the people who don't. People without the writer's block are able to relax their filters, people who suffer from writer's block are trying to write well right away, and it's hard and painful. Ha said that, even understanding your advice consciously, I still find it incredibly difficult to apply. Logically, I see that there's no reason to be ashamed of writing a bad draft, I don't feel like I'm afraid of being judged by people, or like I judge myself, I think that I want to be able to just babble until I stumble upon something good I can refine. But for some reason, my brain just refuses to do that. Maybe it's difficult because my brain feels like "babbling" is a waste of time and energy, and I always give up before it gets good. Maybe because it's difficult to motivate myself to do things when I don't have a plan, don't feel like I have control over what's going on, don't have the guarantee that my efforts will pay off. Maybe it has something to do with status or confidence or insecurities that apply these filters whether or not I choose to. I dunno. I know that these reservations are silly, but I see why people struggle with it, I do too. I think that relaxing the filters, letting go of control, and trusting in your brain's ability to generate random words and make them good later on is also a skill, and some people find it easier than others.