Overcoming writer's block

[Fatima]

Hello everyone,

I have been wanting to be a writer since childhood but for one reason or the other i have been kept away from achieving my dream. Some say,it is a writer's block.

I have just overcome this and written several fictional books for children and young adults based on characters that resonate with me very well.

I will be willing to send copies for an honest review please. If you are interested please write below for a pdf copy.

[I.G.]

Hello all
I have found that once a person gets in the flow of writing they must keep it going to keep the drive alive. In writing it is 99% inspiration and 1% perspiration.

[Zouhir]

I'll be glab to read your works. Here's my e-mail: zouhir.ballaadich@gmail.com.
Kind regards
Zouhir.B

[I.G.]

Hello Zouhir .B I have a Webpage that you can feel free to look at and if you find it inspiring I will forward you the rest.
It is www.atelloftwowars.com

[Audrey]

I would love to read your work. My email address is audrey@awilliamsrealty.com. I have 2 business blogs to which regularly I contribute articles. Sometimes I feel like I've run out of relevant things to talk about. What helped to clear my writer's block is when I started keeping a private personal journal where I would write about any and everything .... no matter how silly or mundane.

[Audrey]

.....please excuse my grammatical error. I'm typing on the small screen of my cell phone and couldn't see what I was doing ......

[Leon]

I wrote two novels and I never had to deal with writer's block. One secret is to read other people's novel and you get ideas. My debut novel, I wrote "by ear". The words just flow into my mind once I'm around the computer. I get a "high" once I start writing. Writing novels is my crack cocaine.

[Gigi]

Start meditating. It connects you with your true creative intuition. Free App: insight Timer. Makes it easy.
If you beat up on yourself search for Kristin Neff. Her guided meditation is great!

[N.J.]

Yes, writer block is a tricky obstacle to overcome, however, in my opinion it's just a matter of letting go of expectations and learning to switch gears. Leave the house, go on an adventure, hike in a thick forest, watch the stars, and hang out with positive people who inspire growth within you! If you have writers block don't fight it! Just enjoy it, embrace it!

There was a story about an emperor that lived in China, extremely wealthy, extremely respected extremely powerful, and highly intelligent. He had to take a trip to Mongolia with a few of his guards, to greet his cousins whom lived at that region. So he left his huge, immense fortress to his servants and guards to take care of while he was off on journey.

Perhaps a few days later, an ugly, smelly demon appeared. This demon sat right upon the emperors chair. Then the servants came up to the demon and said nasty things such as “you fool what the fuck are you doing.”, “idiot leave right now you are not wanted” but in Chinese so “Say baht-poh”, “Sek si”, “Yat-zeu”, “Pok gai”, “Mo-lan”, “Kai dei”, “Sei Fei Lo”, “Hui sik si la”, “Lay yow mow low gah?” and “Haahng-lan-heui”! (lol you get the picture). And the demon GREW more powerful, stronger, more ugly, more smelly, more slimy..ext. and the servants could not believe their eyes, nor could they comprehend why or how it was doing so. They continued arrogantly and stubbornly to throw things at it, and call it even more rugged, scurrilous, and unpleasant names.

The more the servants and guards try to go against It by putting it down, and “fighting” it, (for THEY DID NOT ACCEPT the demon) the more it began to grow, more ugly, more smelly, intently slimy and venomously, tempestuously fierce. At that point the empire had returned, and they came to the emperor asked him: “what do we do, we told it to leave, we tried to beat it, and destroy it -to conquer it- but it got bigger, stronger more smelly, more intensely gruesome.”. He was the emperor for a reason, he knew exactly what to do. The emperor then walk towards a tea kettle, and poured some tea into a cup. Then kindly, went towards the demon, and said: “here is some tea, is there anything else I may offer you for your very pleasant stay?” and the demon slowly began to shrink, less smelly, less gruesome and less slimy.

The servants quickly picked up what the emperor had done, and they ran around, grabbing another foot stool, some big fans to cool down the demon. Made him feel comfortable, cared for and accepted. The demon again slowly began to shrink, until he reached his normal size. The servants then continues “oh we are truly glad that you may join us for dinner, here is some soup” or “ what you look ravishing, those bumps on you should be a new trend”..ext. And for every compliment the demon received it shrank smaller and smaller until it eventually disappeared.
Just like this story you need you learn to accept your writers block, don't run away from it or try to combat it with negative emotions for that will merely feed the flames which strengthen it. Just do the opposite, let yourself feel it, and it will become untangled on its own. Also I highly suggest you get out of your normal routine and explore different things you normally don't. And of course doing regular exercise to keep your energy from being stagnant also helps quite a bit! :)

[D.B.]

I equate Writer's Block to exercising; you may need to force yourself to begin, but once you get going, the adrenaline takes over.

[Evelyn]

Dear D.B.

Rather than theorize about writer's block, consider the following:

Jonathan Franzen wrote, "If it's not fun, then the hell with it."

It IS fun. What is needed is high energy to write. Eat something!

Evelyn Marshall

[D.B.]

Evelyn wrote: "Dear D.B.

Rather than theorize about writer's block, consider the following:

Jonathan Franzen wrote, "If it's not fun, then the hell with it."

It IS fun. What is needed is high energy to write...."

I agree with Franzen! Honestly, I have never experienced writer's block, possibly because I find writing cathartic.