Some Uncommon Writer’s Block Tips
Have you ever wished writer’s block was a person and you could kick it in the face? (Oh, just me? Sorry. 🙂 )
Let’s face it. If we’ve ever attempted to keep a daily writing schedule, writer’s block has reared its ugly head just about 5 times daily.
So how can we keep the thing at bay?
Here are some uncommon ways to fight back.
Join a writers club.
Find a group or make your own group where people are going to be talking about their writing habits.
Be around people that are writing every day.
Find a group that won’t judge you, but that will help you see your true potential.
Warning: don’t just get lost in talking about writing, be sure to write too!
Get comfy. Maybe lay down.
There’s a switch in our brains that turns on creative thinking and problem solving when we are extremely comfortable.
Ever notice how all your best ideas come to you in the shower. It’s the switch.
Your brain is able to fully think because you’ve put yourself into a place of comfort where you feel like you don’t have to worry or think about anything else.
Some successful authors have found that they are able to write more freely while laying down. You should definitely give it a try.
Prop yourself up on your couch and see if you can’t get the word river flowing again.
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Turn your truth into fiction.
You know the saying, “write what you know.”
That plays into this. Take your real-life experience and throw that into your fiction.
Maybe you had a REALLY embarrassing moment at school. Write it out as if your main character went through it instead of you.
Write about quarantine.
Since most of us have been in quarantine for so long now, we’re starting to see a trend of writers losing inspiration to write but when asked about their negative feelings about quarantine they could go on for hours.
Use this to your advantage. Instead of saying, “this is my problem.” You could turn it into your muse.
Negative feelings, although not fun, can make for great story fodder.
Write your characters in quarantine.
Experiment with different genres.
Pick a genre you’re not used to writing in and give it a go.
The difference in pace might unlock an unopened chasm of ideas you didn’t know you had lurking up there in that awesome brain of yours.
Work on several projects at once.
This won’t work for everyone but some people flow better when they free themselves to work on multiple stories at the same time.
You might hit a block on one, but maybe not the other. Just start writing for the other and eventually, inspiration might open up to you.
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Write one page of a different short story every day.
This is not only an excellent practice exercise. It can also help you realize solutions for your major projects as well.
You might even find that you want to drop your current project that isn’t going anywhere and head in a completely new direction.
Finish the darn thing and make sure it’s ugly.
Many writers get a block because they feel like what is coming to them isn’t good enough.
This could be true but just finish it anyway. And be sure to make it a little ugly.
The beautiful thing is it’s just a draft. And when you finish it ugly you give your brain a different puzzle to solve.
You go from having to create something from nothing to making something better.
Giving your brain a different problem can really break you out of writer’s block and get you into a different headspace where you can see the whole picture and the solution might be more clear to you.
Have someone you trust read your work and ask them where they think it’s headed.
Two brains are often better than one. Their ideas might be awesome, or they just might spark a better idea in your mind.
Pass a story.
A friend and I did this once and it was pretty fun. We started writing a story together by passing it back and forth.
I would write a chapter and then pass it and they would write a chapter and then pass it back.
Writer’s block couldn’t withstand our combined creative powers.
Ask someone you trust to read it and only tell you what they like.
While positive critique is very helpful in the creative process, some stories and people are just not ready for that.
Find someone you trust and ask them to do you a favor.
Tell them you’ve got some writer’s block and need help. Ask them to read it and only tell you what they like so that you are not concerned at all with judgment.
This can be very helpful in a writers club where you want to keep it a safe zone.
Pass your stuff to each other and give positives to each other.
When you get to a place where you can handle it better start asking what needs work and what could be better.
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Hope that helps!
Happy writing!
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