How To Get Over Writers Block
If you’re a writer, you have no doubt experienced writers block. No matter what you do, you just can’t find the right angle. Many writers, in fact, have writer’s block more often than they don’t! In an eight hour day, six of them are spent staring at a blank computer screen. Here is one good way to get past those blocks.
This and many other writers have found a great way to overcome writers block. They just give up on their assignment and do some creative writing for a little while. The idea is not to have any goal in mind, but just to write for the fun of it. Suspense books are fantastic for getting the juices flowing – they’re exciting and engaging and you can get lost in the creative process writing them.
The trick is to not try to write a great book, just write whatever comes into your head. Pick any object that is in your line of vision – that pile of scrapbooking papers gathering dust in the corner of your bookshelf, for instance, will do just fine.
Here’s what you might do for your opening paragraph: ‘It was a day like any other day until the enigmatic note, written on a sheet of handmade paper, was slipped under his door.’ Now write the first thing that pops into your head. Maybe the note was from a secret admirer or maybe it was from a debt collector. It’s your call!
That mysterious note will trigger more fantasies in your mind. Go with them! Say that note was from a woman who wants to arrange an erotic rendezvous. Should you take her up on it or is she luring you into a trap? You can’t resist the temptation, but you’re going to have to take some precautions.
Now, at that suspenseful moment, set aside your thriller and get back to your job. You should already have it open, so you can get back to it without delay. Your imagination is running wild now and anything can happen. That Giro Ski Helmet you were supposed to be writing a technical data sheet about is now a very important part of your life. You need to describe it in detail, because you’ll be needing it when that romantic encounter turns deadly!
It sounds silly, but it works! Even if you’re writing a college thesis on a subject that’s boring to you, if your life depends on that knowledge, it won’t be boring anymore! In fact, some of the best selling thrillers have revolved around the writer’s knowledge about something technical or trivial, like the chemical composition of perfume. If you’ve got writer’s block, this is the most enjoyable way to get over it!
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