writer's block
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writer's block
noun writer's blocks · writers' blocks
- The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing. Laymen speak of ‘a writer’s block’ as if it were singular and are often encouraged in this fallacy by authors who are understandably reluctant to discuss something as personal as mental impotence. There are many kinds of writers’ blocks and probably as many reasons for blocks as there are reasons fo
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noun the temporary inability to write
| Español | quedarse en blanco, bloqueo del escritor |
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| 日本語 | ライターズ・ブロック raitāzu burokku |
| 中文 | 作家一時文思不暢 /作家一时文思不畅 zuòjiā yìshí wénsī búchàng, 腦閉塞 /脑闭塞 nǎobìsè, 江郎才盡 /江郎才尽 jiānglángcáijìn |
| Português | bloqueio de escritor, bloqueio criativo |
| Français | angoisse de la page blanche, syndrome de la page blanche |
| Deutsch | Schreibblockade |
| Русский | тво́рческий кри́зис tvórčeskij krízis, засто́й zastój |
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