Samuel Fleming
It depends on what block you’re talking about. Is it a sentence-by-sentence block or do you just not know where your character should go next?
For large scale stuff, I have a basic outline with several beats that lead up to a cool ending. Of course, sometimes I alter or throw away that outline.
For sentence-by-sentence stuff, I just force my way through it. I’ll be as mechanical as possible and come back to it later to flesh it out. Sometimes I’ll skip a scene completely and come back to it later.
If you’re looking for advice on how to beat writer’s block, don’t just take my ideas. Every writer is different. A large part of writing is figuring out what works specifically for you. Try a bunch of different things until you find a writing system that works for you.
For large scale stuff, I have a basic outline with several beats that lead up to a cool ending. Of course, sometimes I alter or throw away that outline.
For sentence-by-sentence stuff, I just force my way through it. I’ll be as mechanical as possible and come back to it later to flesh it out. Sometimes I’ll skip a scene completely and come back to it later.
If you’re looking for advice on how to beat writer’s block, don’t just take my ideas. Every writer is different. A large part of writing is figuring out what works specifically for you. Try a bunch of different things until you find a writing system that works for you.
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