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A version of this story on the Two Little-Known Writing  Tools to Help You Get Unstuck appeared in Total Annarchy, my fortnightly newsletter that helps you be a better writer, storyteller, marketer. Get it in your inbox; you’ll love it. * * * I don’t believe in Writer’s Block. House framers don’t get 2×4 Block. Dentists don’t get Root Canal Block. Accountants don’t get QuickBooks Block. (Babylonian accountants didn’t get Abacus Block, either lol.) But I do think Writer’s Wilderness is a thing (no inspiration for miles). And I subscribe to Writer’s Perfectionism (we stop before we start because we act as Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor to our sweet creative souls). And of course I am Team Captain of the League of Procrastination.   Writing is a matter of showing up to work, day after day, with the right tools and materials: the timber; the QuickBooks subscription; the tooth-grindy thing that […]