Dictionary

writer's block en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing.
   • Laymen speak of ‘a writer’s block’ as if it were singular and are often encouraged in this fallacy by authors who are understandably reluctant to discuss something as personal as mental impotence. There are many kinds of writers’ blocks and probably as many reasons for blocks as there are reasons for writing, […] 1994, André Jute, “Writer’s Blues: breaching the blocks”, in Writing a Thriller, 2nd edition, London: A & C Black, →ISBN, page 89:

Forms

Coordinates

art block

Hypernyms

mental block

Translations (21)

es bloqueo del escritor (the temporary inability to write) · no skrivesperre (the temporary inability to write) · cmn 江郎才盡 /江郎才尽 (the temporary inability to write) · ru тво́рческий кри́зис (the temporary inability to write) · fi tyhjän paperin kammo (the temporary inability to write) · cmn 腦閉塞 /脑闭塞 (the temporary inability to write) · de Schreibblockade (the temporary inability to write) · es quedarse en blanco (the temporary inability to write) · fi valkoisen paperin kammo (the temporary inability to write) · fi luomistuska (the temporary inability to write) · pl blokada pisarska (the temporary inability to write) · ja ライターズ・ブロック (the temporary inability to write) · pt bloqueio de escritor (the temporary inability to write) · sv skrivkramp (the temporary inability to write) · ru засто́й (the temporary inability to write) · nl schrijversblok (the temporary inability to write) · fr angoisse de la page blanche (the temporary inability to write) · cmn 作家一時文思不暢 /作家一时文思不畅 (the temporary inability to write) · fr syndrome de la page blanche (the temporary inability to write) · is ritstífla (the temporary inability to write) · pt bloqueio criativo (the temporary inability to write)