Excerpt from 11 Tricks For Battling Creative Blocks, From Leading Creatives
3. CHECK INTO AN EXPENSIVE HOTEL.
—Claire Dederer, writer
This only works if you are a little on the cheap side.
Check into an expensive hotel for three nights. It’s good if it’s near the airport or some other deeply boring location. Bring whatever you need to get hopped up: candy, bourbon, coffee, nicotine patches. Also, pants with an elastic waist. And a stack of books that you love but that you have read at least twice already. Once you’ve checked in, give the remote to the front desk and instruct them not to give it back to you, no matter how much you beg.
Now. Write ten thousand words. If you feel blocked, just think about all the money you’re wasting, sitting there, staring into space like an idiot.