How to Write When You’ve Got Nothing

Hannah Merchant
4 min readMay 24, 2021

Strategies for Pulling Yourself out of a Writing Rut

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Perhaps the kryptonite of a writer is having nothing to write about. As I sit here, I have been struggling to find something to write for a few hours. This happens to me often. I will think of article topics all the damn day long but when it comes time to actually write, I am usually staring at a blank screen for some period of time. Then it hit…

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Hannah Merchant

“A little bit of stillness and whole lot of punk rock.” Hi, my name is Hannah and I have a Mental Health condition. Now, show me where the shitty coffee is.