Negotiating Procrastination or What Writers' Block Looks Like
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INTRANSITIVE VERB: To confer with another or others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement: “It is difficult to negotiate where neither will trust” (Samuel Johnson).
TRANSITIVE VERB: 1. To arrange or settle by discussion and mutual agreement: negotiate a contract. 2a. To transfer title to or ownership of (a promissory note, for example) to another party by delivery or by delivery and endorsement in return for value received. b. To sell or discount (assets or securities, for example). 3a. To succeed in going over or coping with: negotiate a sharp curve. b. To succeed in accomplishing or managing: negotiate a difficult musical passage.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin negtir, negtit-, to transact business, from negtium, business : neg-, not; see ne in Appendix I + tium, leisure.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
TRANSITIVE VERB: To postpone or delay needlessly.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin prcrstinre, prcrstint- : pr-, forward; see pro–1 + crstinus, of tomorrow (from crs, tomorrow).
NOUN: A usually temporary psychological inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: 1a. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall. b. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder. See synonyms at blunder. c. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily. 2. To make a mistake; blunder. 3. To fall into evil ways; err. 4. To come upon accidentally or unexpectedly: “The urge to wider voyages . . . caused men to stumble upon New America” (Kenneth Cragg).
TRANSITIVE VERB: To cause to stumble.
NOUN: 1. The act of stumbling. 2. A mistake or blunder.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English stumblen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse stumra.
