Working: Writer’s Block

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🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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For this episode of Working Overtime, hosts June Thomas and Karen Han discuss their experiences with writer’s block. Then they analyze how the Apple TV+ series about Emily Dickinson, aptly named Dickinson, addresses writer’s block. Have you experienced writer’s block or other creative hurdles? Share them with us at (304) 933-9675 or email us at [email protected]. Podcast production by Kevin Bendis and Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Big Mood, Little Mood—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Working Overtime, a show where we focus on the creative process.
0:13.3	I'm your host, June Thomas, and I'm your other host, Karen Han.
0:17.4	Hey, Karen, how you doing today?
0:19.8	I'm so great because I get to rip it up with you.
0:22.4	Oh, my goodness.
0:23.9	Rip it up.
0:24.9	We're ripping it up.
0:28.4	All right.
0:29.4	So what is the topic of the day for today?
0:32.2	So today, I wanted to talk about writer's block, specifically how the Apple TV plus show
0:39.4	Dickinson portrayed it.
0:41.9	But before we get to that, I'm curious, is writer's block something that has afflicted
0:46.9	you?
0:47.9	It's a good question and sort of funny because I feel like I never think of it as experiencing
0:52.3	writer's block.
0:53.3	Like when I'm sitting at my computer and just staring at my screen and not getting any
0:56.3	words out, I'm never like, oh, I have writer's block.
0:58.7	I'm just sort of zoned out.
1:00.6	You know what I mean?
1:01.6	I'm just sort of sitting there thinking, I wonder why I'm not getting any work done.
1:05.6	So I guess that's a long way of saying that I do experience it.
1:08.8	And I feel like all of us do to some degree.
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