Help…..i’m doing a speech for my communications class in college about how stress affects everyone and ways to cope with it. ****? i have to do an outline in order to start my speech. ****? i dont have any ideas? Can someone please help and give me some ideas or a spark of inspiration?
- Lady B

I’m having writers block, and I need soem good ways to get rid of it so I can get writing again and get rid of my stress.

I was thinking maybe making pieces of paper with things on them like the form of writing (such as diary, chapter/in person, or letters) setting/location, and events. Then put the cards on a table and spread them all around by moving them around with my hands. Which ever cards touch maybe coudl give me an idea?

Is that ^^^^ a good idea? It not can I get a better one?
Thanks!

Liebe GruBe und Kusse,
Kendra
- Kendra

I was assigned a writing assignment and my brain froze up from the stress and I was unable to come up with an idea. The harder I tried, the worse it got and I flunked the class.

Now I’m going to have to take it over again. I don’t do well at getting the ideas but when I do I can write alot about it. What is going on with my mind? anxiety attacks?? HELP
- pinkwoodrose

My story is about a girl (Isabella, or Bella. Believe it or not, I wrote this before I read the Twilight Saga.) She has/had a boyfriend, Parker, but he never told her he was a vamp. One day he decides to tell her and she gets totally pissed that he had lied to her up until then. her emotions are usually whacked up, though. Because of the stress of this new information she gets sick. Parker goes to the same school as her so one day he finds her in the hallway and tries to apologize. She becomes very cold towards him and gets really angry but inside she’s horribly hurt and depressed. She starts to run away from him, but trips in the door way leading outside and starts bleeding. This is where I got writers block. What should happen?! And what should thbe title be?!
THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT! ROUGH DRAFT! I AM ONLY TWELVE! MY STORIES CAN NOT BE PERFECT!
I’ll probably change her name. Which one should I choose?

Audrey, Luna, Alex, Cameron, or another you can come up with?

Also, Parker is a very powerful vampire. He can be in the sun. He has super strength, no super speed, and he has normal body temperature. He is NOT cliche!
- Fune Cullen

Every writer experiences the pain of writers block sometime in their life. There is tons of reasons this could happen, from lack of sleep, stress, or for any other in a list of hundreds of reasons. It is practically impossible to track it down to one reason, so beating writers block can be quite the challenge. Here are some ways you can put into your daily routine, that helps block out writers block.

1. Write every day, as much as possible. This can cure even the most challenging time of writers block. Always have a notebook at your side, and write about what you do, as you do it. Write down the little details. Also be sure to write down ideas for writing whenever you get them, so you don’t forget on your way home.

2. Kill stress. If you are having a hard time at work, find some way to make it easier. Bouts of stress are one of the biggest causes of writers block, and can be really hard to fix. Meditate if you need to. Clear your head. Take a nap. Heck, even take a day off if you need to.

3. Don’t force yourself to write. You don’t have to write the next 2 chapters right now. Take a break from writing. Go on a walk. Leave it until the next day. If you have a deadline, extend it a day or two. Even something as simple as a coffee break can recharge your energy and relax you, so you can finish up that paper you have to write.

4. Read, read, read. Picking up a book and sitting down to read for a good hour can really give you a lot of good ideas on how to finish up your book. Even if you do something as simple as reading one of your old writings, or reading the last chapter you wrote, you can definitely get out of writers block.

5. Change location. Changing your scenery can change the way you are thinking, and easily knock you out of writers block. Go to a cafe. Watch animals at the zoo. Even just sitting on a bench in a park can have an amazing effect on your writing.

6. Shut the world up. Any sound can make it really hard to think, and keeps the ideas from churning up. If it’s your family making a racket, invest $2 into ear plugs. If it’s traffic outside, change your location. Nice quiet cafes work wonders.

7. Go to a writers workshop. Refreshing your writing skills is an amazing cure for the worst blocks. There is many one day workshops that only cost $20 to enter, for all levels of writing skill. I remember that once I was writing a short 30-page story, and on page 15 I ran out of ideas. I went to a workshop, and that day I finished up my rough copy.

No matter what trick you use, writers block is still dreadfully difficult to cure. Some writers go months at a time without a single idea. Sometimes we mistake writers block for an inability to make decisions while writing, and rely on others to tell us what to do. That is never a good idea, as it mixes up different story’s into one blob of a bad book. Just sit down, and think through what you have written. If it is an information article, go and research some more. If it’s a story, think: ‘What would the character do?’ If you just plain can’t come up with an idea, write about what you did that day.


- Justin

Ok, so lately I’ve had big problems with writers block. It’s not that I can’t come up with ideas, I’ve had some GREAT ideas, it’s just that I can’t get them onto paper. It’s like, I have the beginning and ending planned out, but I have no idea what to do for the middle.

Could it be stress? I’ve been having family problems lately, and I’m trying to write three books at the moment, which might be to much to handle…

Anyway, does anyone have any ideas on how to overcome my writers block?
- Kornpop

im a musician. i have not written anything in months. any suggestions on how to get motivated? and back into it? i think it was stress at my job that caused me to fall into this
its not only lyrically but musically as well.. nothing comes out…
- MondayMorningMan

“Look at me “
Cant you see? I’m perfectly
Imperfect.

I may have a smile that’s brighter than
Day and possess what might
Seem to be a definite indefinable amount of poise .

But deep down beneath the tough exterior
of my façade I’m crying oh so uncontrollably,
waiting For that day that ill be able to find my self
and just be happy to be me.

Life is stress in its self …..
7 O’ Clock wake the kids get them off to School but remind them
No matter what 1’s says to you stay strong in every thing they do and
Mama will always love you but at the same time realizing the torment
They might be going through……

8 O’ Clock get ready for work (mentally) which actually means
get ready for a day of ass kissing and to be talked and gossiped about
but only with a Smile on your face and not a thing to say
through out the entire dam day.

11 ’clock at work thinking about the kids and wondering what their doing
As your rudely interrupted by you coworker wit the ?
- Oh boy!