Adam Alexander
With difficulty!
There are two types of writer's block: the more serious kind, where you're totally bereft of ideas; and the more common variety where you're standing at A, can see Z in the distance but have no idea how to get there.
If I'm bereft of ideas, there's just no point worrying about it - that only makes it worse! I simply get on with my life in the hope that sooner or later something will pop into my head. So far, I haven't been disappointed!
On the other hand, if I don't know HOW to write something, I just make myself put something - anything - down on paper. It doesn't matter how bad it is (and it's usually pretty awful): the mere effort of writing usually shakes the block loose and the ideas will start to flow. In all honesty, some of the passages I'm most proud of started with me just forcing myself to write - plus lots of tea!
There are two types of writer's block: the more serious kind, where you're totally bereft of ideas; and the more common variety where you're standing at A, can see Z in the distance but have no idea how to get there.
If I'm bereft of ideas, there's just no point worrying about it - that only makes it worse! I simply get on with my life in the hope that sooner or later something will pop into my head. So far, I haven't been disappointed!
On the other hand, if I don't know HOW to write something, I just make myself put something - anything - down on paper. It doesn't matter how bad it is (and it's usually pretty awful): the mere effort of writing usually shakes the block loose and the ideas will start to flow. In all honesty, some of the passages I'm most proud of started with me just forcing myself to write - plus lots of tea!
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