Breaking Down Writer's Block

BREAKING DOWN WRITER'S BLOCK Freewrite Sometimes, those small stumbling blocks stunting your writing eventually form an entire brick wall that you can't scale. How do you overcome writer's block? Writer's block is a psychological inhibition that prevents writers from thinking about what should be written next. A lot of famous writers, authors, and journalists, are very familiar with this phenomenon. may still be able to write but produce nothing of quality. Others are unable to write at all. Writer's block can hit at Some any moment without signs of how long it is going to last. What Cauyey whiterig Blaf? anxiety perfectionism self-doubt fear pressure fatigue illness depression distractions we n a nne procrastination what toe The Sympting? Inability to focus > Lack of inspiration Drawing a blank < Brajn fog The Dufferent Typy of Whatig Blaof A Completely blank A Out of proper words A Too many ideas A Caught in the middle A Outline but no body A On a dead end A Got bored Famory Whateg Who Saufferal Blocf From Waterig 66 OO The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. ~Mark Twain 66 What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks 'the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat?- And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 6, "Okay. Okay. I'll come? ~Maya Angelou 66 The best way is always to stop when you are going good and when you know what will happen next. do that every day when you are writing a If you novel you will never be stuck. ~Ernest Hemingway 66 The writer must have a good imagination to begin with, but the imagination has to be muscular, which means it must be exercised in a disciplined way, day in and day out, by writing, failing, succeeding and revising. -Stephen King 66 you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, lisțen to - music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just If stick there scowling at the problem. ~Hilary Mantel 66 If I waited for perfection, I would never write' a word. -Margaret Atwood I wrote most of the books in scenés, and then went back later and tied the scenes together. It cut out a lot of writer's block to write whatever part I was most interested in at the time. ~Stephanie Meyer 7 66 Suggestions? Put it aside for à few days, or longer, do other things, try not to think about it. Then sit down and read it (printouts are best I find, but that's just me) as if you've never seen it before. Start at the beginning. Scribble on the manuscript as you go if you see anything you want to change. And often, when you get to the end you'll be both enthusiastic about it and know what the next few words are. And you do it all one word at a time. ~Neil Gaiman M Go out M Read something M Brainstorm M Do freewriting M Do something else Change your environment M Set a regular writing time M Find a topic that inspires you V Start with one goal in mind Skip a section, and don't insist on writing something in order M Write with different tools M. Create a distraction-free space yourself Sources: https://mentalhealthdaily.com/2014/10/04/writers-block-causes-symptoms-cures-overcoming-it/ http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/13-stephen-king-quotes-on-writing-your-moment-of-friday-zen https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/psychology-writers-block-overcome/ http://flavorwire.com/343207/13-famous-writers-on-overcoming-writers-block/6 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writer's%20block https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-smartest-ways-to-beat-writers-block http://www.completelynovel.com/articles/10-ways-to-cure-writers-block Freewrite