I’ve been struggling with writer’s block for a while, feeling like there’s no point in me writing anything when there’s already so much out there for people to read. When you have writer’s block, how do you get out of the rut and start writing again?

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    4 hours ago

    That doesn’t really sound like writers block, it sounds like writer apathy.

    There have been countless writings for thousands of years, ever since humans learned to write. That’s no reason not to write something.

    Imagine if Plato or Shakespeare or James Joyce thought to themselves, “Ah, why bother? There’s already so much shit out there…“