Reframe Creative Block as Information About What the Work Needs

Creative block is not laziness and it is not lack of inspiration. It is usually the work telling you something you have not heard yet. This diagnoses what the block is most likely communicating, explains why the not-starting is rational rather than weak, and gives you one small action to test whether the diagnosis is right.

The creative block being described is not absence of ideas; it is the work communicating something. Diagnose what it is saying.

For the block described below:
1. The most likely cause from this list: unclear brief, fear of the outcome being bad, missing a prerequisite piece, wrong starting point, wrong medium, or genuine fatigue
2. What the block is preserving (why the not-starting is rational given the current state of the work)
3. The smallest possible first action that would test whether the diagnosis is correct
4. How long to act on the diagnosis before deciding the block is something else

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