I'm stuck. I am writing a book and I need help getting past moments of writer's block. I would love?

Question

to know what other author's do to get out of the block and get writing again?

Answer 1

Change your scenery completely. change the lighting, the sounds, the atmosphere, the style of decor you are in, change the age group you are around, or hearing or seeing..



Go out and while you are out, put a very small piece of paper in your pocket with a pen, no big notebooks or computer. If you can brave it, take no paper. Go enjoy another chapter in your brain.

Wonder what you've never been introduced to..wonder where things are that you don't know about and wonder who does know about them..Notice small details and happenings around you, and peoples' funny little quirks. Wonder how people perceive you,..do you disappear, or are you noticeable. Wonder how many people are totally off track of what they'd really rather be doing? Where would they be if they weren't here? What are they having for dinner tonight. Who has a beloved dog, and who's been bitten by one? Life is full of exhaustive avenues and facets.



The *lack of a place on which to write a lot down, and the mental break you give yourself, will free your self-pressure and subconscious resistance you were feeling, and even give you separation anxiety from your computer, but play that struggle until you finally relax.



Without a lot of paper, after awhile you will get an idea and want to write but your paper will be too far away.



That will make you want to get back with it before you lose an idea that just flooded your head.

(I get anxiety when I have no pen and paper on me,..money and chocolate I can live without..).



So, ok, write *key words only, on your tiny paper, and stay where you're at until it's full, or wander further.



Ideas come to me right when I realize I've forgotten or get separated from my writing supplies,..funny.



It's like when you can't remember if you've forgotten anything before you leave the house on an errand, and then once you are on the road, that's when your brain clears up and you clearly remember what you needed that you now don't have, so you have to go back and get it. Leaving cleared up your head!



Something else to try..



Writing down the exact opposite things of your subject matter, and weirdly, it can inspire new ideas from an *adversity point of view.

Opposition can be enlightening and mysterious, as can the *unexpected.



Comedy, for instance, uses the *unexpected in order to get a rise out of their listener. It also uses 'interfering' factors. So do other story categories.



Make a list of those 'interrupting circumstances' and it may bring on a sliver of light to a flood light of new scenarios.

Answer 2

I personally have writers block all the time, and the best way to get around it is to read books that you like. This will get it off your mind and then you will have fresh, new ideas when you sit back down to write. Also, don't be afraid to just drop a book if it is giving you to much trouble.

Answer 3

Just write. Don't 'overthink' yourself out of it. Not everything is going to be great but the only way to get better is to work at it. If you keep putting it off and quitting or throwing out what you've begun you won't make progress. You won't recognize your mistakes and learn how to fix them. The best way to improve is to keep going. Keep a blog, a journal something where you don't feel pressure. Just sit and write a few paragraphs a day about something you imagine or see, exaggerate the story, add a character or two to tell it instead of using your voice. Work on setting or just do a short page with dialogue. Try doing a five hundred word prompt then challenge yourself to increase it to 1000 words. Promise yourself 'not to go over' then edit it with that in mind. Get rid of words like 'like and that, just' words that you don't really need. No double adjectives and adverbs. ie 'really likely' (yuck)





Work on small sections of your writing at a time. Set a goal for grammar, work on syntax, maybe create a Mary Sue and then let her meet a Gary Stu and give them a HEA. Try telling one scene from one POV then another. Experiment, have fun. And the more you write properly the easier it will get to write well. And once you can do that it won't be as hard getting your ideas to flow nicely on paper.

Answer 4

I listen to music. Take a break from writing. Think of different ways the story can go and take notes on the ones I like. I watch shows and read books on subjects like my book. reread what you wrote. I get Inspiration from the band Evanescence. Good luck!

Answer 5

1. free write. i.e. don't write about your book. look at a painting and describe whats going on in it, van gogh is usually a good artist, especially his paintings with people. listen to music, with or without words, and write down things it makes you think of. use writing prompts.



2. some of the best advice i ever received about writing is stop when you're hot. when things are really flowing and coming easy - that's when you need to stop. it keeps your mind going and active and ideas flowing so when you go back to writing you have a lot of material to work with.



3. stimulate your mind. go for walk, read a book, watch a movie, do a puzzle, get the brain working again. having a fresh flow of idea input actually kicks your imagination up again.



4. work on character development. 95% of your character will never make it into your book. what's their middle name? birthday? siblings? parents names? ancestry? what did they want to be when they grow up? how do they die? do they ever have children? what is their best friends name? their childhood pets name? favorite color? fave movie? fave book? fave food? do they have enemies? when they die do they want to be buried? cremated? - you probably have at least 2 characters that you can do this with. have fun!

Answer 6

Sometimes music helps or taking a break and perhaps working on something new, take inspiration for the things that have been happening or that you have seen.

Answer 7

maybe read books and get inspiration from them..

sometimes i watch a movie i do not know why but i feel it helps a lot.

hope i've helped :)

Answer 8

put the pen down, sit back, close your eyes and pretend you're in your story, what would you want to see happen next