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Perhaps you've never written an entire paragraph in your life.

Perhaps you're trying to start an online journal, but you're stuck wondering exactly where to start. Perhaps you've been journaling a long time, but you don't know how to write about something that's happened.

Maybe you're just stuck. It's been a boring day. You try to write regularly, but today you're just not in the mood. Writer's block -- it happens to the best of us.

Here are some ways to battle the evil block, unleash your creativity, and maybe discover that today wasn't all that boring after all.

regardless

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1999

When you write, you are the tree.

Just recently got an email from someone about WriteField. Basically the email said, "I mostly just wanted to say thanks, 'cause your tips in WriteField are great."

It caught me completely by surprise. I sat there and stared at the message, which came from someone I'd never heard from before and from whom I may never hear again, and I realized six months have gone by.

Six months! Ryan. I'm sorry, man.

I didn't think anyone noticed WriteField. Honestly. It never generated a heck of a lot of email. I