Is Writer's Block a Thing?

With the explosion of blogging mainly in the last decade, everyone's a writer. I wonder how old-school writers look at this phenomenon. Is it with indulgence? Are they critical or they don't care, and live in their world of books? Do they adapt or get left behind, regardless of their level of excellence prior to the age of internet and social media?

Writer's block is not something that came about with the flood of amateurs doing their blogging hobby. After all, there were no professional bloggers at first.

That predates blogging and even the internet.

And that extends to everything creative, not only writing. A composer, a painter or a sculptor can experience a creative block as well.

Can you imagine having a writer's block for years? Apparently there were such cases in history.

Why would anyone not believe there is such a thing like a writer's block? Because the block is in the mind of the author and no one else can perceive it directly. It's a matter of trust. Do you trust the author when he or she claims to have a writer's block? Or you believe he / she uses it as a pretext for not working?

If we believe the writer's block exists (I believe it does, but I also believe it is used as a pretext sometimes), there are ways to get over it.

Discussing about it, encouragement, free writing, journaling help. So does making lists, including in advance, for when the inspiration strikes out.

Observing the phenomenona or developments that capture your interest is also a source of inspiration.

I'm talking about this because I ran out of inspiration yesterday. And I didn't seem to find a topic that I wanted to write about today either. It happens, it's not the first time, and likely not the last time either. And it is temporary. But you get to push yourself out of this phase, because it's easier when you don't get deeper into it.