To all authors out there: How often do you encounter writer's block?

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I just want to know how many people encounter this. To us, it is our greatest fear.


I, myself, hardly ever encounter writer's block. My head is always filled with ideas, so it doesn't happen to me much. How about you?
 
Well, I never used to have a problem with writer's block, and I actually tend to suffer from "too many ideas syndrome", so I would have four to six stories I could work on simultaneously without mixing them up, but I had to get a different job, and I was always too busy to develop my ideas the way I've wanted to over the last few years. So, I was writing, but not as effectively as I'd hoped...nothing worth even publishing on "free sites", let alone trying to publish and market.

Nowadays, I still have the ideas...and since I've been laid off, I also have the time...but I just don't have the confidence that anything I tried to write would be worth the effort. Mine is a confidence issue, really. The ideas are there...and if I got off my duff and did it, I could probably write, but I guess I just can't seem to pull it out of myself at the one time I could really use my talent and skill to move forward with my dreams.
 
You're lucky
I normally get writers block when I'm under pressure, typically when I'm in an exam and I'm stressing, clawing at my hair and wanting to scream at the stupid piece of paper in front of me.
I'll actually seize up whenever I'm under pressure ...
 
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