What Are Some Ideas For Writer's Block?

Question

I don't have it now, but I know that I, and many answerers of this question will have it. Post any and all Idea's, please. Give me the original and unoriginal, anything you got.

PS: I already have the book The Writer's Block by Jason Rekulak, which is very helpful, but please don't suggest it as an answer.

In response to Happenstance: My grandfather is a Cancer patient, and my parents took away internet, video games, TV, sleepovers, happiness, breathing...etc on weekdays, but I like your thinking.

Answer 1

Just write. Honestly, it is that easy and that hard.

Start writing about anything (not just your chosen topic for the project you are working on).

Journaling about your day, what you see and do.

Jot down ideas as they come to you, then elaborate on the idea during your writing time.

Don't edit yourself. Just write. You'll break through the barrier.

Go do something else. Take a shower, inspiration always seem to come when you can not write something down.

Mindmap-brainstorming map. Just write down all the details that you associate with your topic. Then choose one to start writing about.

Another good book is Making A Literary Life by Carolyn See.

Hope this helps (in the future)!

Jen/Smudge

Answer 2

I've been writing for a few years now and have gotten writer's block on numerous occasions. I've posted some of my poetry on here if anyone wants to take a look.

Anyway, what I do is listen to some great music for inspiration. I'll hear a phrase and something just lights up in my head. Looking at slogans, quotes, bumper stickers, anything. I get ideas from the most unlikely sources. We're starting Romeo and Juliet in English and I used some Shakespearean language in a poem I wrote recently. It may seem odd but if tied in correctly it can make a poem a masterpiece.

Even flipping through a dictionary for a random word is useful. Playing with known cliches and stuff can be good too. Use metaphors a lot and compare the most different things you can, it makes for good writing.

Good luck to fellow writers. =]

Answer 3

anybody does it distinctive i'm informed. some writers be attentive to the commencing up. the midsection and the tip while they initiate. some write chapters in notice sort and embroider with words to fill it out. you decide on the story in skeleton sort first besides. specifically circumstances it is going to alter as you write. that doesn't remember. it is simply by fact the characters have become genuine to you. you will possibly desire to remember who's who and not exchange into mixed up. you are able to go away clues which come out later in direction of the tip of the e book. once you're out on the dep. shops everywhere. consistently have a notice e book available. you're able to word some thing which will are available in sensible at some point in a single of your writings. once you have a author's block. i could think of go away it on my own for a at the same time as do some thing else then initiate lower back.

Answer 4

You can do one of two things.

1. Distract yourself with something like a walk, game of basketball, video games, play with kids at the park, or romp with a dog.

2. Totally immerse yourself in something close to the content of your writing. Example: If you're writing about a cancer patient, go see see some cancer patients and spend time with them. This keeps you close to your topics and re-energizes you.

Both of these will help you gain new energy and perspective. They may also provide enlightenment.

Answer 5

in middle school if we were writing and lost an idea in the middle of it, my teacher would tell us to just repeat the last word we wrote. like write it on the page, a bunch of times, until you think of something different. it sounds stupid but it sometimes works. supposedly repitition can get your thoughts flowing again.

for more hardcore writers block, it usually helps me to spend time with other people. take a break from your writing and go call somebody, meet a friend for coffee, have a conversation with someone nearby. personally i draw inspiration from other people. people who know me well can often find aspects of their personalities, their own dialogue, or their quirks woven into my stories.

Answer 6

JUST WRITE, don't even care about how you write it, write it badly if you have to. Whenever I do that, I find myself getting a new idea or two from it. And maybe 70% of the time I'm actually a tad satisfied of how it turned out. Nothing but a bit of editing can fix it.

Another idea, which is hard to do but does wonders, find a scary, demanding teacher who sets a deadline for you. I tried it and I was sooo surprised at how much I can do under so much stress. o_o

Answer 7

Keep writing. It doesn't have to be the thing you'e writing, but just journal, or jot down notes about plans for the weekend, or write a grocery list. Keep your mind active, but don't think too much about whatever you're trying to write. Your mind will continue working on the problem at hand, even if you aren't thinking about it, and eventually you'll realize how to keep going.

Answer 8

You mean, besides sitting there with your hands poised over the keyboard and staring at the empty screen for 2 hours? I've tried that. It doesn't work.

For me, the best solution is laughter. I read jokes, watch a funny show, or movie, talk to someone who always makes me laugh. Somehow, it releases some pent-up emotions, and clears the way for creativity again.

Answer 9

I listen to music, cook, study something else, play logic games, take my son on a walk. If I am stuck doing something, I try to concentrate on something completely different and my writer's block will go away.

Answer 10

Write daily, write often, and submit the darn things. Who has the luxury of writer's block? Write now or die trying. Write crap, write great, create, don't hate.