Nick R.B. Tingley
I guess that depends on what stage I'm at in the writing process. If I've just finished a draft, it's usually my brain telling me to take a break for a while so I go away for a day or two (sometimes even a week) and do something else for a while before coming back to it.
If I'm in the middle of a story then something isn't quite working. I'll jump around and write the chapters that excite me and then try to go back again. If I'm still not feeling it, I try writing something else and then come back. If there is still no joy, then I go right back to the beginning and start completely from scratch until I find the enthusiasm and ideas again...
Writer's block is a horrible process, but you always have to consider that it might just be your brain telling you that what you've just written is naff...
If I'm in the middle of a story then something isn't quite working. I'll jump around and write the chapters that excite me and then try to go back again. If I'm still not feeling it, I try writing something else and then come back. If there is still no joy, then I go right back to the beginning and start completely from scratch until I find the enthusiasm and ideas again...
Writer's block is a horrible process, but you always have to consider that it might just be your brain telling you that what you've just written is naff...
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