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New Post 8/17/2008 1:20 PM
User is offline MrGlasses
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Writers block, how do I overcome it? 

Do you have writers block?   If so, find the remedy here and ask others what they have done to overcome it.

 
New Post 10/11/2008 7:57 PM
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Re: Writers block, how do I overcome it? 

When I have writer's block I take advantage of the break for a few days, I try not to go longer than two weeks. I usually read a book or get involve with other activities such as doing house or yard work.  I've gone to the mall or to a restaurant and take on the opportunity to watch other people's behavior, overhear conversations, watch other's mannerism, the way someone dress, the way someone walks, just some of the many things I look for that could be added to a story.  Somewhere in doing all of this triggers an idea that I grab a piece of paper and a pen and start back writing.

 
New Post 10/12/2008 10:32 AM
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Re: Writers block, how do I overcome it? 

I was blocked for years.  It's not something you can 'ovecome' by forcing yourself to write.  It's a lot like clinical depression, and 'toughing it out' isn't the way to go.  What helped me, finally, was remembering why I liked to write in the first place.  I began to read my old work, stared at it in the face until it started to talk back to me, tell me what I should have done instead of what I did. 

Okay, so it didn't actually talk.  I'm a writer.  Poetic license and all that.  lol

Then, I didn't go to the computer, but I did take a notebook out into the garden, where I feel my best.  (I grow things -- books as well as plants.)  I sat in the middle of the tomatoes and wrote about them.  It was lousy writing, but it was a beginning.  After that, I wrote about the cars passing by outside, and then it all seemed to fly at me.  I remembered why I wanted to write. 

Me?  I write to express things I can't tell people.  I invent a fictional way to tell the world my version of it.  I write so people can understand me.  It hardly ever works, but I'm persistent, I suppose.  Someday, someone will nod and 'get it'.  That hope keeps me plugging away, day after day, and mostly night after night. 

Shadow

 
New Post 10/13/2008 2:25 PM
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Re: Writers block, how do I overcome it? 
Modified By Joseph  on 10/13/2008 10:26:02 AM)

For me, writers block has become the time/space when I discover new things. I have found many unexpected ideas that have totally changed my stories. You never know where your next idea is going to come from, especially if you don't get away from the pen and pad to experience it!! If you're experiencing writers block, my advice is to try not to look at it as a bad thing!

 


 
New Post 10/13/2008 3:15 PM
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Creating short stories or taking something else and making it your own helps. You can take a person you know and write a short story around that person. Or take things you are already familiar with and turn it into something original. It sort of re-ignites the imagination. I noticed sometimes I spend too much time trying to invent something totally new, which isn't necessary.

 
New Post 10/14/2008 1:17 AM
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Re: Writers block, how do I overcome it? 

when i have writers block, i leave it for about a week or two. or i could just go to bed and kind of act out the story in my head like how it would be if it turned into a movie production. you kind of know what they could say or how to complete scene after that

 
New Post 11/27/2008 8:28 PM
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Re: Writers block, how do I overcome it? 

for me, i usually listen to music, it helps me alot.

 
New Post 11/28/2008 11:02 AM
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Re: Writers block, how do I overcome it? 

Yeah music also helps me, If I'm stuck!

 
New Post 12/2/2008 3:40 PM
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Re: Writers block, how do I overcome it? 
When i get writers block, i simply look at news articles on the computer, to get ideas for my characters or my storyline, sometimes i start reading another book by the same kind of style i'm writing, seeing as i always write horror, i look at stevie king or point horror books, and see how the tension is kept without through the book and what twists i could possibly start or make to keep the tension in my book ;) x
 
New Post 12/22/2008 9:00 PM
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Re: Writers block, how do I overcome it? 

    Writer's block is my worst enemy. It doesn't happen to me often, but when it does it stays for weeks. I read through some of my favorite books to see if they can inspire me and usually it works. I come across something and my brain just snaps back into action.

 
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