The Pixar Strategy for Overcoming Creative Blocks

Anchor yourself on a personal mental model of creativity

Illustration by Giacomo Bagnara

Being a writer is hard. Every day is riddled with many creative blocks: You feel paralyzed to start a story, you hit a wall in the middle of writing one, or a wave of doubt crashes in right before you pitch or publish — just to name a few. So, while my journey as a writer has been truly…