Module 9: Making Time to Write and Avoiding Writer’s Block

In this module learners will

Writing the Manuscript (6:28 min)

Experienced Authors

Time Management (3:27 min)

Writer's Block (1:57 min)

(2:25 min)

Please download the Activity Log Workbook and Reflection Assignments if you haven't done so already.

Activity Log Workbook

Interview: Strategies (Page 12)

Interview an experienced author and discuss strategies he/she used to overcome writer’s block. Also discuss how the author finds time in his/her busy life to write.
Timeline (Page 12)

Create a timeline for the writing of your article.
Personal Appointments (Page 12)

Place appointments with yourself in your calendar to write.

Reflection Assignment

Writer's Block: (Page 11)
Describe your common writer’s blocks. Explain strategies you will use to overcome them. Also, decide the best time of day for you to write and the best place for you to write.

Morton, P. (2000). Challenging writer’s block: How experienced authors make time to
write. Nurse Author and Editor, 10(2), 1-3.