How To Push Past Writers' Block

Okay, Writers…let's review how to get past 10,000 words. I did it! Have you? If you're a returning reader at PWW, then you've seen my posts about getting stuck on my debut novel at 10,000 words. In those posts, I've pretty much covered how to push past Writers' Block. However, we learn by repetition, so I'm going to pull the advice from both those posts and put them here in one place.

Push Past That Writers' Block

The first and most important piece of advice is to KEEP WRITING. I know, I know, you don't feel like it, you feel blank, you don't have time, it will come out all wrong, you'll have to trash it anyway….etc. etc. WRITE ANYWAY. Even if you just write a few sentences here and there…that's a few sentences you didn't have before. Oh, and while we are right here…GET RID OF ALL THOSE EXCUSES. Glad we covered that.

Now…the best case scenario is to WRITE EVERYDAY, but life happens and it is sometimes impossible. If you don't have time to sit down and write, jot notes and ideas. You can never have too much material to draw from. I am the gold-medal procrastinator, stop that too. NO PROCRASTINATING. If you feel like procrastinating, revert to the above note-jotting and idea-storming.

If You Just Can't…

…write a coherent sentence, work on the marketing side of things. It will be less you have to later when you really just want to get your book OUT THERE. Here's a few ideas:

Create a book trailer for YouTube
Work on your profiles at: Goodreads or Shelfari
Release a teaser on Facebook, Twitter, YOUR WEBSITE, etc.
Get established on sites where you plan to sell your book like Amazon, Smashwords, etc.
Network with other writers, cover artists, book reviewers, etc.