Throughout my writing career I have always had difficulty writing. First I've never liked it because I'm usually not interested in the topic. I also feel like writers get stuck halfway every time I write an article. My last big problem with writing is that I always procrastinate before an assignment is due. My main problems with writing are procrastination and writer's block. Writers, from professional students to elementary school students, suffer from writer's block. Writer's block occurs when you can't think of anything to write. Writer's block is usually caused by stress. The brain then has a reaction that disables its ability to put what it is thinking on paper. As Patricia Huston describes it, “The right, or creative, side of the brain seeks to create (in this case, write). This causes the left, or analytical, hemisphere of the brain to anticipate all the problems this action might bring, going into “overdrive” and inhibiting the ability to write.” (Paticia Huston)Writers are known to have block if they stare at a computer screen or a piece of paper for an extended period of time. You also know you have it if the writer simply doesn't feel willing to write or is simply disinterested in the topic. Avoiding writer's block is nearly impossible since almost everyone experiences it, but there are still many ways to prevent or cure it. An easy way to write faster is to simply try not to write a perfect article on the first try. What I mean by this is simply getting a first draft done quickly. This way you can just finish your document and then look at what needs to be improved and refine it that way. Another simple tip is to divide the document into steps. So instead of writing a paper all at once in five hours, that… half the paper… I block. What I also need to do is stop procrastinating, have more confidence in myself, and have more motivation to write. I will use the fact that there are a lot of negative consequences to procrastinating as motivation. From my research I will write more calmly and at a more efficient pace. Works Cited Klassen, Robert, Lindsey Krawchuk, and Sukaina Rajani. “College Students' Academic Procrastination: Low Self-Efficacy in Self-Regulation Predicts Higher Levels of Procrastination.” Contemporary educational psychology. 33.4 (2008): 915-931. Network. November 6, 2011. .Huston, Patricia. "Solving Writer's Block." Canadian family doctor. 44. (1998): 92-97. Network. November 6, 2011. Schuhl, Anthony. Personal interview. 18/11/2011.