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Jack Nicholson plays the new caretaker of a remote Colorado hotel in the offseason, bringing his family and hoping to overcome writer's block.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Both are struggling with writer's block and end up spending the summer in neighboring beach houses.
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Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
When capture becomes automatic, writer's block becomes impossible.
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Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
He is known as the world's most famous playwright and England's greatest dramatist, but even William Shakespeare got writer's block.
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Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Both are struggling with writer's block and end up spending the summer in neighboring beach houses.
—
Lily Brown,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
When capture becomes automatic, writer's block becomes impossible.
—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2026
He is known as the world's most famous playwright and England's greatest dramatist, but even William Shakespeare got writer's block.
—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for writer's block
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“Writer's block.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writer%27s%20block. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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writer's block
noun
wri·ter's block
ˈrīt-ərz- 
: a psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece of writing
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