The Cure For Writer's Block?

[Aurora_Redwinters]

( Hm. Keep forgetting about the forums--and apparently many have also! )

How do -you- deal with writer's block? For me, it's almost like a daily occurance... even though one of my clbehindes IS Creative Writing where we do too much of it!

Maybe offer your tips, suggestions, etc. on what you do when it strikes!

[megumi]

Yes. I think the forums are more for non-participants though :-). We've all apparently been super busy in the journals.

;D

Hmm. The issue of writers block -- depends on for me, two things. It could be that I'm lazy... or that I lack a sustaining idea.

If it's laziness, I make myself write something else for a little while (whether it's just an ordinary journal or research paper) so that my head is thinking and hands are ready to type. I pick something from the news, something on my desk, something outside and either respond to it or make up a story about it.

(Once I made up a story about a hackeysack. It was the only thing there to look at.)

Also, you need to pour some discipline into it. Like with music, sometimes you don't want to practice or play, but you do it. Sometimes in the midst of forcing yourself ... the muse hits you. It's like using water to prime a dry well and then finding that water fi nally coming forth on its own. (Does this make sense? I'm just babbling!)

But sometimes a story is really just stuck because something isn't right. I remember picking up fragments of JAne Austen's works. She really did sometimes get 100 pages in and not feel like it was worth finishing. Funny ,eh? The muse leaves you... for a time.

And sometimes, you shouldn't force the issue. Some people need a real mental break and come back much better prepared to write.

If you are at the deep deep bottom and absolutely loathe writing, don't do it. Go find something else. Read... watch movies... let your mind go around absorbing other things which can be used to formulate stuff later when you find that inspiration or drive to write again.

Just my thoughts.
(From someone who hasn't had the desire to write in about half a year while pursuing other stuff.)

[fujifunmum]

For writer's block, I usually find the solution is in the doing. If I sit down and type, it will come, lol.

On the other hand, if disaster strikes (Like all my work gets deleted by some power outage or stupid keystroke) or if after a couple of pages I'm not happy with it, I leave it for a while and come back later.

Still....rpg's have seemed to take up all my interest in writing.

[amberle]

My writing professor at college always said that one of the reasons writers stop writing is because they become distracted by something else they find more interesting. When they become bored with their new interest, they'll go back to writing. She recommended that you try to find some time each day to leave that distraction behind to work on writing.

This certainly would explain why I haven't worked on my own fan fics in a long time. I've been more interested in writing in the rpg. I want to go back and work on those fan fics, but I just haven't found the time!

[rochan]

Ro-Chan's sure cure for writer's block!

1. Music - I have found that playing music always helps me to get around my writer's block as well as puts me in the right mood to do the writing!

2. Mental - Sometimes I do small scenarios in my head that sometimes get turned into actual writing! This exercises helps to get me into character since I am thinking about stuff that my character would do. Like what clothing they might wear that day, or what they would eat.

3. Murphy's Law - Do something else! I've found that when I'm busy doing something else entirely that has nothing to do with the RP or characters that suddenly I have a bazillion ideas and words flow freely! Unfortunately I am always without a computer or even paper to write it down. Most frequent place for ideas: In the car while driving. D: