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PUT THE BUTT IN THE CHAIR: THE REAL CURE FOR WRITER’S BLOCK

6/22/2021

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Publishers don’t give writer’s block vacations. People often ask me how I fight “writer’s block”. Unfortunately, my publisher does not offer Writer’s Block Vacation Days. I’m expected to write, not make excuses. So, on days when I don’t FEEL like writing, what do I do? I put my butt in the chair and I write anyway. This past Friday, I was tired, stressed and brain dead. I didn’t feel like writing. The problem was that I had two writing appointments booked. One with two great writers. The other with a great writer and an artist. I knew I had to come up with something. So, I got to the office early. Picked up my guitar and tried an alternate tuning. Soon, I came up with a little lick that I thought was cool. When my first co-writer walked in, he said “I love that!”. He grabbed a guitar and started playing what I was playing. The other co-writer arrived, and that groove became our song. Within an hour we had written a great song! The energy from that song carried me through the second co-write which also went quickly. So, on a day that I FELT like mailing it in or calling in sick and tired, I wrote two really good songs.
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Half the battle is just showing up. You never know what is going to come out of a writing session. After years of writing on command, I’ve learned that getting my butt in the chair is half the battle. Once I’m there, I can almost always come up with something good. So, if you get stuck. Show up the next day, put your butt in the chair, and write. That’s how you overcome writers block!!!

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Hangi Tavakoli is our in-house established and professional music producer with more than 17 years of experience in songwriting, music production, mix and mastering. He has produced more than 3,000 and written more than 4,800 published songs to-date, including some major hits in international scale.

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