NaNoWriMo Update – Writer’s Block? What’s That?

So we’re well into the second week of NaNoWriMo – how’s it going for you? Me? Well, I had an initial splurge of activity, but then other stuff got in the way (as it so often can…), which then led to a period of scratching my head and desperately trying to get back into the […]

Writer’s Block? Here’s how to beat it…

There’s no such thing as writer’s block. There, I said it. Don’t believe me? Are you currently tortured by a blank page, screaming at your screen: “Of course I’ve got writer’s block, dammit!!!”.  Well, read on, you poor, misguided soul…   The Myth of Writing There’s one thing that novice writers and so-called experts both […]

Beating Writers’ Block – With Automatic Transcription

This week we have a guest blog from our friends over at Descript, which is the world’s first audio processor: a toolkit of superpowers for people who work with voice audio!   If you’re a writer — of books, essays, scripts, blog posts, whatever — you’ll be familiar with the phenomenon: the blank screen, a looming deadline, and a […]