Writer's block is a serious condition…

 

So my Best Friend and I sat down for our weekly coffee get together where we chatted about all the usual stuff, husbands, work, and of course our writing. She's being published in a University English course as well as online later this year in the fantasy genre. We're also doing a collaboration, but don't get too excited about that as it will be a bit before it's done.

Anyway, one of the things that came up was dealing with stress on deadlines, and coming to a stalemate of some form. In other words, a form of writer's block. Exhaustion can make you just not want to do anything, hold up your ideas, and essentially tell your Muse to screw off for a bit.

Never Fun.

So she asked what it was I did to work out my writer's block. Most good writer's would say free-fall, do a flash piece, and sometimes that might work for me. But, as I told her, I like to zone out, listen to tunes, and play mindless mouse clicking games. I also like to get into my characters mind, think really effing hard about the book, usually while showering or taking a bath. I mean, come on, doesn't mankind always do their best thinking in the bathroom? It's like all the great ideas where conceived while surrounded by water filled porcelain and ceramic.

But now I'm curious, how do other people break their writer's block?