S.A. Barton
If I can't figure out how to continue any of the half-dozen or so short stories I'm fiddling with at the moment, I grab a notebook and brainstorm. Sometimes I jot down titles, or snappy phrases that might be dialog, or one-sentence story premises, or bits of imagery.
And if half an hour of brainstorming doesn't jog anything loose, I go do something domestic for an hour or two, and then come back and start writing anyway. Usually a 'block' will give way after three or four false starts. For me, writer's block is more like 'don't feel like writing at the moment'. Actually doing it changes my mind.
And if I'm REALLY at a loss, there's always tomorrow.
And if half an hour of brainstorming doesn't jog anything loose, I go do something domestic for an hour or two, and then come back and start writing anyway. Usually a 'block' will give way after three or four false starts. For me, writer's block is more like 'don't feel like writing at the moment'. Actually doing it changes my mind.
And if I'm REALLY at a loss, there's always tomorrow.
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