Here’s the thing though—this won’t work if you aren’t honest with yourself. And of course, you have to be self-aware enough to know when you’re not being honest. This works for me (most of the time), because I’ve spent many years in different forms of therapy, and I have gotten pretty decent at seeing my own bullshit (again, most of the time, not always). If you’re not like that—and most people are not—this strategy won’t work. You’ll just spin up elaborate rationalizations to convince your- self that there is a REAL reason, and it’s not some fear you aren’t facing. But if you do this, if you can actually understand the fear that is driving your block, then you can solve it. I walk you through exactly how to beat your book-writing fears in this piece: scribewriting. com/book-writing-fears. THE REST OF THE STRATEGIES TO BEAT WRITER’S BLOCK I know I said it’s almost always fear before, but I did use the mod- ifier “almost.” There are absolutely times when writer’s block is not fear. Some- times you’re just having a hard time, for other reasons, and for those times, these are the strategies I’ve found that work (both with me, and the thousands of authors we’ve helped write their books). 1. Talk it out: Writer’s block exists. There is no such thing as speaker’s block. You can always talk. If you really feel stuck, get someone to interview you on the thing you’re stuck about. Once you have to talk about it, the ideas and words flow. 2. Do something else: You know the saying about how “the phone only rings when you’re in the shower?” Well…go get in the shower. Metaphorically. Going for a walk works really well. As does playing with my kids. Basically taking your mind off of 434 · ThE SCriBE METhOD