Feeling Stuck in Your Writing Project? Walk the Dog

Very few good paragraphs come to me while I am sitting at my computer. Of course that's necessary, but usually the ideas come while I am walking the dog or doing the dishes. Then I rush over to a pad of paper or my computer and take some notes.

Because I have a dog, I end up at the river or a local park every day, just throwing a ball and watching her chase it down. It's during these times that my book often comes together. A new chapter or a new thought will come to me when I get my body moving.

If you're stuck with your book, don't hesitate to get up and clean the house. Just make sure you're still alone and still able to continue thinking. Taking a walk with a friend might work but you'd really only be able to talk about your project. You're still writing, even though it looks like you're taking a break or doing something else. Stay in the writing project, but get your body moving to dislodge some of those new words.

On a typical writing day, I'll walk the dog five or six times, and each time I come back to the computer with momentum. Who says writing isn't physical?

Feeling Stuck in Your Writing Project? Walk the Dog is a post from: Donald Miller's Blog