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    Writer's Block
    Writer's Block
    Writer's Block
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    Writer's Block

    By T. J. Robertson

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    When a successful author goes to a psychiatrist for help in overcoming a severe case of writer's block, the latter, who is a fan of his, is more interested in discussing the plots of his novels than solving his problem. By the end of this weird, if not absurd, session, however, the writer comes up with ideas for two books and hurries off to put them down on paper.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherT. J. Robertson
    Release dateDec 23, 2013
    ISBN9781311522665
    Writer's Block
    Author

    T. J. Robertson

    Although I’ve made my living as a teacher and guidance counselor, I’ve always had a passion for writing. Thomas Bouregy and Company published my novel, Return to Paradise Cove, under their Avalon imprint. Two of my one-act plays, A Different Kind of Death, and The Flirt, have been produced, respectively, in New Haven, Connecticut, and Sacramento, California. Short stories of mine have appeared in commercial magazines such as Action and True Romance as well as in certain literary and professional ones.

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      Writer's Block - T. J. Robertson

      Writer's Block

      by

      T. J. Robertson

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 T. J. Robertson

      Thank you for downloading this free eplay. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This play may be reproduced, copied, and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided it remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed it, please return to Smashwords.com to discover other works by this author. Thank you for respecting his hard work.

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      Cast of Characters

      HERMAN DINKLEDORFER: A quirky psychiatrist

      ROD N. REITER: An author who's suffering from a severe case of writer's block

      Scene

      DOCTOR DINKLEDORFER'S office somewhere in Boston

      Time

      The present

      ACT ONE

      Scene 1

      SETTING: We are in the small, drab office of DOCTOR DINKLEDORFER. Besides a window with

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