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Sources:

http://www.ajnr.org/content/35/6/1043

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=PhPbBgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=writer%27s+block&ots=1LGi4DfTdB&sig=xgJfFVMzXVKcaLHIAxd8h5WJx1s#v=onepage&q=writer's%20block&f=false

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2277565/pdf/canfamphys00047-0094.pdf

As far as strategies for coping with writer's block Clark describes: class and group discussion, journals, free writing and brainstorming, clustering, list making, and engaging with the text. To overcome writing blocks, Oliver suggests asking writers questions to uncover their writing process. Then he recommends solutions such as systematic questioning, freewriting, and encouragement. A recent study of 2500 writers aimed to find techniques that writers themselves use to overcome writer's block. The research discovered a range of solutions from altering the time of day to write and setting deadlines to lowering expectations and using mindfulness meditation.

Garbriele Lusser Rico's concern with the mind links to brain lateralization, also explored by Rose and Linda Flowers and John R. Hayes among others. Rico's book, Writing the Natural Way looks into invention strategies, such as clustering, which has been noted to be an invention strategy used to help writers overcome their blocks, and further emphasizes the solutions presented in works by Rose, Oliver, and Clark. Similar to Rico, James Adams discusses right brain involvement in writing. While Downey purposes that he is basing his approach in practical concerns, his concentration on right brain techniques speaks to cognitive theory approach similar to Rico's and a more practical advice for writers to approach their writer's block.

'''"Mind Mapping", proposed by Elizabeth Whalen, is suggested as a potential solution to writers block. The technique involves writing a stream of consciousness on a horizontal piece of paper and connecting any similar or linked thoughts. This exercise is intended to help a writer suffering from writers block to bypass the left hemisphere of their brain and access the right hemisphere more directly. '''

I would like feedback on the language I used and anything else I could improve upon. Hey This is SOHA.... (feedback) 8/10 - reliable source, however instead of talking through Patricia whose 3rd part you can go directly to the source for extra points. I think two paragraphs converted to one was a good idea, however as a reader I want more information. WHY? I want to know the whys? Also some of the sentences are kind of a repeat. (16/20)

Review from Josseline and Tatianna
The points you made were good and seem relevant, the placement was also good because the last paragraph also talked about the brain. The last sentence is unnecessary because you have the footnote with the source, it also isn't something you see on Wikipedia. The source was good.