What would you say is that best solution for writer’s block? I have a bad case of it. I write songs & stories.
I am on Xmas break from school, and I love to write songs and stories, but I have a bad case of writer’s block. I’ve never had it like this before. I’ve taken a nice walk and had I listen to music 24/7, does anyone have a possible solution for this horrid problem?
- Officially Cadie
Tags: Listen To Music, Love, Nice Walk, Writer S Block, Xmas
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 am
I take a break and do something relaxing like baking cookies. Changing your environment also works well, try writing at the coffee shop or putting candles on your desk or something. I’ve also heard that narrating your own life (not out loud of course) for a while helps some people.
May 24th, 2009 at 8:00 am
writers block is terrible. i’m a musician and a writer/english major in college. there are supposed techniques to battle writers block, but they rarely work for me. usually i just come out of the funk on my own, but sometimes if i listen to a great song or read a great story, it helps. i find when i am appreciating my influences, i can get really inspired.
May 26th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
go out and do something new
May 27th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Firstly, I’m not a writer or a musician but I twice had terrible writer’s block when I was studying Year 12 English. The first time I was sick with a touch of flu and the second time I was doing an exam. I simply gave up in the exam and wrote just that – that I had writer’s block. I described my surroundings – the street outside – the shop on the corner – the cracks in the wall that I gazed at because I couldn’t think of anything else to do. The time I was sick the essay was homework that was two weeks late. I ended up describing in detail my wakefulness, how awful my flu was and for some reason that I can’t remember, my rage against being forced to rule up margins and make headings.
Later on, I learnt that this style of writing was called “stream-of-consciousness” writing. At any rate, it worked for me. Well, ever after that I followed that technique. The only problems arise when I’m at a loss for that one all-important word. I’ve got the idea and I know what to write – but I’m stuck for just one word. That’s when i stop and do the dishes. Doing the dishes is marvellously therapeutic – I just gaze out the kitchen window into some vague Nowhere, thinking of nothing in particular. And then the word comes to me. (I write heaps of letters – and I still haven’t sent out my darn Christmas letters). To be honest, this method doesn’t always work first time or even second time. But it works most times.
May 28th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Join a writer’s workshop that is designed to grease the wheels of your Muse.
The crew at “Writers, Agents, and Editors in the Yahoo group below have been breaking up writers block for several years now. They have several published authors, editors and readers who crush the block with monthly contests and critiques.
Also check out the Youth Writers sister site at the second link below.