HELP! Really Bad Writers Block!?
You know what it’s like to get a brain freeze?Well times that by ten and you have my writers block!
This is a story I have been writing for two years and this happens constantly! Though normally I just try not to think about it, or I do something to solve this writers block, but I’ve tried everything!
My problem is I have the idea of what happens next but can’t put it into words and then I can’t put it on paper! Or my favorite is when I have no idea what should happen next and then I’m stuck waiting for the longest time what will happen next!
WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Lillith M
Tags: Brain Freeze, Longest Time, Writer's Block
May 21st, 2009 at 10:26 am
just keep on typing. don’t edit, just go on and on….
or u can type several versions of a story and pick the best parts of each version and put them together to make a story out of all the best parts
pretend ur telling a story to kids; don’t try to think too hard or go back and change ur story, cuz if u do, the kids will be bored, so it’s like writing a story!
good luck!
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:05 am
If you can’t put your story into words, then what you could do is just write. Keep writing and don’t think about if it doesn’t make sense or not, just as long as you wrote down the idea the way you hear it. Then, read it over and look if you can make improvements.
As for the writer’s block, I know how that feels. It’s very irritating and it can feel as though it will never go away. Music, art, movies, and reading can be the best remedies that I can give you to get rid of your writer’s block. Good luck.
May 24th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
OMG I have the same problem, I just started writing the story last month but some of the characters/storyline are based on my experience in high school. So I’m just thinking of all my old friends and life.
I suggest you just go with the flow, if your mind isn’t flowing with ideas I suggest you stop and start writing again whenever the flow comes back.
May 25th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Listen for the “Writer’s Voice” inside your head. It is like hearing someone read your book aloud. Instead of forcibly trying to milk out the ideas, just listen with your imagination and your sixth sense. Write down what you see inside your mind’s eye.
Also, make a flow chart of the story’s most fundamental points. Here is a overly simplified example:
*Mary and Jane are brought together by fate at the orphanage.
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*The two girls become best friends and run away together.
*Later, Mary and Jane fall in love with the same man and turn on one another; they go their separate ways.
*In old age a phone call brings the ladies together when they realize they are sisters separated at birth.
*The End
This is a website where you can find a searchable list of literary agents to represent your book:
You write query letters and submit them to likely agents. The agent pitches your book to publishers. Don’t self-publish! Believe in your material instead. Find a literary agent when you finish the book.