Writer’s block is something most writers struggle with at some point, whether for a day or two or extended periods of time. It’s that agonizing feeling of being unable to get words down on the page, despite feeling as though you’re trying everything. Writers used to talk about writer’s block as though it was some plague that hit them and was out of their control. But more recently, there’s been a shift in the way we view writer’s block. It’s become clear that writer’s block is actually a symptom of something else, and that something else is typically within the writer’s control (even if it doesn’t feel that way).