writer's block

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A usually temporary psychological inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing.

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writer's block - an inability to write; "he had writer's block; the words wouldn't come"

mental block, block - an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension; "I knew his name perfectly well but I had a temporary block"

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