writer's block

writer's block (usually uncountable, plural writer's blocks or writers' blocks)

1. The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing.

   Hypernym: mental block

   • 1994, André Jute, “Writer’s Blues: breaching the blocks”, in Writing a Thriller, 2nd edition, London: A & C Black, →ISBN, page 89:

     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, […]