9 Tips How to Write When Writer’s Block is Paralyzing

How to Write When Writer’s Block is Paralyzing

I’m not sure where writer’s block starts and where it ends.

Writer’s block is a common problem so don’t feel bad or like you can’t get over it.

Every writer faces it and every writer has to find a way around it

I’m going to give you some ideas and tips and tricks for making writer’s block a thing of your past.

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How do I Defeat Writer’s Block?

In order to beat writer’s block, you’re going to need to figure out where you’re at in the writing process.

In order to know where you’re at in the writing process, you are going to need to know what the writing process is.

What is the writing process?

The writing process goes as follows:

You get an idea.
You start to write that idea out
You finish writing that idea out

This sounds really simple and it is. The hard part is figuring out why you specifically are suffering with writer’s block.

Do I have writer’s block because I don’t have an idea?

In order to start writing you MUST have an idea.

An idea is not complicated in itself.

An idea is like, I want to write about a bank robber, but the bank robber isn’t nasty or mean she’s actually extremely polite and kind. She just gets a job at banks and figures out a nonconfrontational way to rob it and then disappears.

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How do I start writing about my idea if I have writer’s block?

Writer’s block happens for different reasons at different times.

If you don’t have any idea of what to write about than it is time to do some reading and researching and thinking and sitting down and just making a giant list of ideas until you find one that you just love the idea of writing about.

If you already have an idea but you are having a hard time actually sitting down and writing that is a completely different beast altogether.

IF I have an idea what about writer’s block is stopping me from writing?

This is where you have to dig deep down and be really honest with yourself.

Are you having a hard time getting the idea in the right words or are you having a hard time actually sitting down and physically doing the work of writing.

Some of us fantasize about the idea of being a writer and being famous for a story and making lots of money and being called an author, but if we are honest with ourselves we don’t actually love the work of writing.

Let me make something very clear: The real work of being a writer is finding a place where we can sit or stand and write manually or type words on a page that cause others to want to read those words.

If you don’t like the idea of getting alone in your mind and creating words that lead to interesting words and paragraphs then you don’t actually like the work of a writer or author.

This very fact is to be considered when you have an idea, but you find it much easier to turn on Netflix, play a video game, go on social, go out with friends, and the thought of actually sitting down and writing seems bleh.

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What do I do if my writer’s block is actually me not liking the physical work of writing?

This may sound blunt and it is. If you want to get past this type of writer’s block, you will have to stop what you’re doing and just go sit somewhere and start typing words.

It doesn’t have to be a million words the first time and every time you sit down to write, but I would recommend treating it like physical exercise.

Start small. Start by writing 10 words at a time and in time if you find that you can sit down to write 10 words then most likely you will feel like writing more.

The biggest problem for this type of writer’s block is not knowing what to write. Its the daunting feeling of feeling like writing takes a lot of work.

And writing can be a lot of work, but if you don’t just sit down and start writing something as small as ten words in a session you will never write anything you want to. You’ll just keep putting it off and procrastinating.

What if I have an idea and I’m trying to sit down and write, but I just stare at a blank page with a blinking line?

This is the real writer’s block and I’m going to give you the BIG but not so crazy secret to crush writer’s block and never have it be a problem for you again.

RESEARCH.

AND

READING.

Instead of staring at a blank page, start to read and think about and research the idea that you want to write about.

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How do I research to get rid of writer’s block?

Let me give you some practical ways to research say BYE BYE to writer’s block.

EXAMPLE: Let’s say I just got a story idea and I want to write about an orphan girl in Vietnam during the Vietnamese war and her journey to find life family and love amidst war and being orphaned by that place and war.

Even though I have this idea that I like if I go immediately to the blank word document I still have ABSOLUTELY no idea how to write about an orphaned Vietnamese girl during the Vietnamese war.

So what should I do instead?

I should start reading about the Vietnamese war. I should read about orphans. I should read about young girls during that time and in that place and what their life and culture were like to deal with.

If you start to think this way and you start to read anything about what you want to write you will instantly start to have the knowledge to work with for the next time you pull up the blank page.

And I recommend that you write as you are reading and researching.

If you think of something while you are reading DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WATI TO WRITE IT DOWN.

I can’t stress that enough. You will almost always forget your ideas if you do not write them down right away.

I recommend keeping a writer’s notebook near you while you are researching.

What if my idea is about fictional stuff and I can’t research it historically?

If you want to write about dragons, vampires, werewolves, unicorns, and leprechauns read about dragons, vampires, werewolves, unicorns, and leprechauns.

Exact same principle, different reading subject matter.

I hope this helps! Now gt out there and write something!

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IF you have a specific idea and you are having a hard time figuring out how to research it, PLEASE feel free to reach out and I’d love to help you think of ideas for how to research any specific subject.

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