Maribel Fox
There's not any one thing.
-Forcing myself to write, even if it's crap.
-Talking it out with a friend or another writer - even if they have nothing at all to say, just forcing myself to verbalize my thought process to someone else will frequently trigger ideas that staring at a screen for ten hours never did.
-Knowing when to walk away and let it all stew in my subconscious.
The key is to not actually let it block you - I'm the queen of back doors and loop holes, even if it's just my own brain I'm trying to trick. Closed door? Find an open window!
-Forcing myself to write, even if it's crap.
-Talking it out with a friend or another writer - even if they have nothing at all to say, just forcing myself to verbalize my thought process to someone else will frequently trigger ideas that staring at a screen for ten hours never did.
-Knowing when to walk away and let it all stew in my subconscious.
The key is to not actually let it block you - I'm the queen of back doors and loop holes, even if it's just my own brain I'm trying to trick. Closed door? Find an open window!
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