Semi-pro writer, and blogger here. My angle on this is slightly different.
For me there are (usually) three aspects to writer's block:
Some deficiency in craft, usually a lack of conscious knowledge of internalised craft.
Too much focus on end purpose.
Life
So you can sit down to work, but get stuck because you need to learn more craft, or because your unconscious fails you and you can't just consciously select from your toolkit, or because you have no yardstick on which to judge what you are writing.
And the work becomes demotivating, partly because of the above, but also because of the poor odds and long road to any kind of success: this is especially true when... (read more)
Semi-pro writer, and blogger here. My angle on this is slightly different.
For me there are (usually) three aspects to writer's block:
So you can sit down to work, but get stuck because you need to learn more craft, or because your unconscious fails you and you can't just consciously select from your toolkit, or because you have no yardstick on which to judge what you are writing.
And the work becomes demotivating, partly because of the above, but also because of the poor odds and long road to any kind of success: this is especially true when... (read more)