Blocked Quote by Joss Whedon

If a story isn't working, I'm simply unable to finish it. That's what usually tells me something is wrong.

— Len Wein

Write the story, take out all the good lines, and see if it still works.

— Ernest Hemingway

It's rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn't respond, you cut…

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm working on…

— Jeffery Deaver

The stories tend to be what I work on when I'm stuck. Something will just pop into my head and I'll think that's more…

— Jess Walter

Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out…

— Donald Miller

I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the…

— Zara Cox

Any carefully planned thing destroys the creativity. You can't think your way through a story; you have to live it. So, you don't build…

— Ray Bradbury

If a scene doesn't work on three levels - it's not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put…

— Catherine Hardwicke

If I get blocked, it is generally because I don't know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for…

— Sarah Zettel

I'm not patient at all. I avoid writer's block by writing. I power through with a bad version, so I can move on, and…

— Anders Holm

I think every writer struggles in some way with writers block. The trick is to plan out what you are going to say beforehand.…

— Rick Riordan