Help me cure my extreme case of writer’s block?
I have done everything there is to do to snap out of my extreme writers block — I’ve read different kinds of books, watched movies, physical activity, everything.
But, everytime I sit down to write, my mind goes absolutely BLANK. This has been going on for almost 8 months.
Please, I need to snap out of this. What can I do???
- Meghan
Tags: Different Kinds, Extreme Case, Movies, Physical Activity, Read Books, Snap, Writer S Block, Writer's Block
December 25th, 2008 at 7:38 am
The Twilight Books are a great inspiration! I suggest reading them. They have a little bit of every genre it seems! I hope that helps a little! (:
December 27th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Just write down random things on a separate sheet of paper or in a new document… that’s what I do when I’m writing short stories. Or, if that doesn’t work, try music when your wrting. the type of music determines the mood of the story. It’s pretty cool.
December 27th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
do something you have never done before, something you would never think about doing
December 28th, 2008 at 3:40 am
I honestly wish I could help you, but I’ve been suffering from the same affliction for quite some time now, so I won’t really be much help. The one thing that sometimes works for me when I get writer’s block it to just sit down and hack out something, even if it is really dreadful. I find that often either the story will progress and become not quite so bad, or the act of editing what I wrote will cause me to come up with an idea.
December 30th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Have you tried a new location? Go to a park or a coffee shop and just people watch for a bit. Bring a notebook. Don’t force it. Let it come to you.
- reporter
December 31st, 2008 at 9:45 am
This is just one man’s opinion, but… STOP DOING THINGS THAT AREN’T WRITING.
You have writer’s block because everything you do to get rid of it isn’t writing. It’s like trying to quit smoking with a cigarette in your mouth.
The world screws everyone over at least once in their lives, so it deserves nothing less in return: tell the world to f off and sit down and write. If the world is on fire, if there are bills to pay, dogs to feed, yahoo!answers questions to answer, etc etc… turn it all off. Find a quiet place and just write. If it’s crappy, oh well. If it’s something you’ll later use for toilet paper, oh well. Just write. Writer’s block is not real, but rather a self-inflicted mental block. Your mind is going a million miles a minute, you just need to tap into it, and to do that you have to accept whatever comes out. You may not get a novel, but you will eventually. For now do the sprawling freewrites that you wouldn’t even show your mother.
IN OTHER WORDS: the only way, repeat, only way to get over writer’s block is to stop complaining about writer’s block and write.
If the world is so profoundly distracting to an individual that they cannot get away for at least a few minutes to write each day, then perhaps writing isn’t for them. There are many hobbies out there and loved ones to spend time with, and writing is neither required nor financially fruitful in most cases.
If you itch to write every day, then you must write and you can write and you will write.
January 1st, 2009 at 11:41 am
Write about your last trip to the fridge but make it epic. Over dramatize your trip and what happened, what you got and what you did with it. Did you eat? Did you drink? Were you dissapointed?
After you write a brilliant story about the most mundane boring event, you can sit back and feel good knowing that you’re not only a good writer but also in charge of everything you write and there is no one that can stop you!
Good luck!
January 4th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Try joining a writing community, if you are around writers it might inspire you to write. I’ve joined chapteread.com. they have some pretty cool features.
Like a private writing area to save your writings. pen names, when you post your work you can choose who you want to read it [ friends only, fans only, or everyone.] when you receive feedback on your stories you can save the helpful ones and they’ll go into your private writing area. It’s helpful for when you go back to writing.
Some books that would help you with writing are: On Writing, How to write a Damn good Novel and the Marshall Plan for writing a Novel.
good luck!