How to Deal with Writer's Block
Jan. 6th, 2019 02:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThis is a wish from mythicmistress in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
snowflake_challenge. I thought other folks might find it helpful too.
Ways to deal with writer's block:
https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Writer%27s-Block
https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Over-Writer%27s-Block
https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Your-Writing-Mojo-Back
https://www.wikihow.com/Stay-Inspired-(for-Writers-and-Artists)
https://goinswriter.com/how-to-overcome-writers-block/
https://www.thestorytellingnonprofit.com/blog/25-ways-to-overcome-writers-block/
I don't get the usual uninspired kind of writer's block; I always have ideas out the wazoo. The two obstacles I sometimes encounter are:
* I'm stuck on writing because the story/poem is missing a critical piece. I have learned to set it aside and work on something else, because that thing is going nowhere until I find the missing piece. Usually it takes a few hours or days, but I have some pieces that simmered for decades before getting finished.
* I feel like crap and I'm on a deadline, usually for nonfiction. Write a paragraph, go read fanfic or do something else pleasant to generate energy, write another paragraph. Or just a line if that's all I can manage. It is possible to level-grind through a whole article this way and produce something good.
mythicmistress in snowflake_challenge. I thought other folks might find it helpful too.Ways to deal with writer's block:
https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Writer%27s-Block
https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Over-Writer%27s-Block
https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Your-Writing-Mojo-Back
https://www.wikihow.com/Stay-Inspired-(for-Writers-and-Artists)
https://goinswriter.com/how-to-overcome-writers-block/
https://www.thestorytellingnonprofit.com/blog/25-ways-to-overcome-writers-block/
I don't get the usual uninspired kind of writer's block; I always have ideas out the wazoo. The two obstacles I sometimes encounter are:
* I'm stuck on writing because the story/poem is missing a critical piece. I have learned to set it aside and work on something else, because that thing is going nowhere until I find the missing piece. Usually it takes a few hours or days, but I have some pieces that simmered for decades before getting finished.
* I feel like crap and I'm on a deadline, usually for nonfiction. Write a paragraph, go read fanfic or do something else pleasant to generate energy, write another paragraph. Or just a line if that's all I can manage. It is possible to level-grind through a whole article this way and produce something good.
