The Thinking Game

A professional writer will tell you there is no such thing as writer's block. Well, I'm not quite a "professional" yet, because I do still

I swear, I get better results with novel plotting than I do playing the game iteself.

get that blockage. I'm learning it's more derived from my fear of "Oh my god, how the heck am I going to start this" or "Holy crap, there's a story here but I have no idea how to get it to work."

When this happens, I do one of two things: call my best friend in a panic attack (I'll never be able to write this, what am I doing, ahhhh!) or, and this one is more than likely, sit at my desk, listen to a bunch of music, and play a game. Usually it's Solitaire, or more recently the spider version which is really simple on beginner.

It may be a form of procrastination (I'm not afraid to admit this), but it helps me think about the story, the characters, what they'd do, or what they may say. Sometimes I get a flash of pure gold and I take to the word processor with a giant smile, other times I have to change the play list two or three times because if I listen to [insert song name] one more time I may snap and start throwing things (Like tantrums or coffee mugs).

Playing my "thinking game" is actually what gave me the idea to write this post, mostly because I would love to know what others do when they need to throw their mind into their story to move past the imaginary wall that doesn't exist.

So, what do YOU do?