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The 5,000-year history of writer's block

  • Written by Joyce Kinkead, Distinguished Professor of English, Utah State University
The 5,000-year history of writer's blockThe romantic image of the writer doesn't do justice to the tedious reality of churning out words, one after another.fcscafeine/iStock via Getty Images

Ann Patchett, who has written eight novels and five books of nonfiction, says that when faced with writer’s block, sometimes it seems that the muse has “gone out back for a smoke.”

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