Madison Scott-Clary
I have a three-tier approach approach to dealing with writer's block:
1. Go for a walk. Changing one's viewpoint - literally - can do an awful lot to clear one's mind, and you should be moving regularly, anyway!
2. Write flash-fiction. Find a prompt, come up with your own, just something to get words down. 200 words is still 200 more than 0, after all. If you're working on a longer piece, you can even set your flash fiction in the same universe, but importantly it shouldn't be the same story.
3. Stop writing, but keep working. Keep working with words and playing around with them! Do some editing. Do some layout. Record yourself reading your work. Organize your blog. Keep moving, but give yourself permission to set your project aside for a bit - just make sure you come back to them!
1. Go for a walk. Changing one's viewpoint - literally - can do an awful lot to clear one's mind, and you should be moving regularly, anyway!
2. Write flash-fiction. Find a prompt, come up with your own, just something to get words down. 200 words is still 200 more than 0, after all. If you're working on a longer piece, you can even set your flash fiction in the same universe, but importantly it shouldn't be the same story.
3. Stop writing, but keep working. Keep working with words and playing around with them! Do some editing. Do some layout. Record yourself reading your work. Organize your blog. Keep moving, but give yourself permission to set your project aside for a bit - just make sure you come back to them!
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