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Things To Do When You Have Writers Block

Things to Try When You Just Can’t Write you have “Writer’s Block”

It happens to everyone who writes at some point; the words are somehow blocked from the writer. Each person is different and uses different methods to move past this state of stuck pen on the page.

Writer's block may be from no inspiration, no time or no ideas. The longest this lasts is about 2 months. And then you have writers burnout. This can last from 3 months to a full year.
Writer's block may have several causes. Some are creative problems that originate within an author's work itself.

Other blocks may be produced by adverse circumstances in a writer's life or career: physical illness, depression, the end of a relationship, financial pressures, or a sense of failure.
Some blocks occur in our environment. For example, dress codes and tidy offices at work are all subtle signals that remind us that we must conform, even in our thinking. Most of the time this is not a bad thing, but when we want to be creative it can be subtly obstructive, even when we are working alone. If you want to be creative, it can be a good idea to go offsite.

Maya Angelou explained in the book Writers Dreaming:

“I suppose I do get ‘blocked’ sometimes but I don’t like to call it that. That seems to give it more power than I want it to have. What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’ you know. And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.’”

Below are possible methods that should be helpful, along with some tips and strategies that can be helpful. 

➔ Try free writing, or writing without editing.

➔ Use brainstorming (mapping, outlining, or listing ideas) techniques.

➔ Use note cards to separate ideas. Make up your own system – whatever works best for
you, not what works for someone else.

➔ Go back and forth between generating writing and editing your writing. Focus solely on
getting the words on the paper, then focus solely on making the words make sense. Rinse
and Repeat.

➔ In the same way, go back and forth between generating words (saying things) and
generating ideas (what you want to say). Start with one (which one doesn’t matter), then go to the other. Rinse and Repeat.
Strategies

➔ Abandon your first draft for a few days (or even a few hours) and start fresh after you've been away from it. Your writing will look different after some time has passed.

➔ Let yourself write what you feel. Once you’ve gotten it down, you can make it work in your writing Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roger-keyserling/support This podcast is sponsored by Anchor

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