writer’s block
noun/ˌraɪtəz ˈblɒk/
/ˈraɪtərz blɑːk/
[uncountable]- a problem that writers sometimes have when they cannot think of what to write and have no new ideas
- He's just published a new novel after two years of writer's block.
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