Overcoming writer's block

[Everly]

Here is an article about ten great ways to overcome writer's block.

http://ellelapraim.com/10-ways-to-ove...

Do you ever experience Writer's Block?

What works for you?

[Greg]

In the sense of writers block = not knowing where to take the story, what happens next? Never experienced that. I plan intricate plots long before I start writing.

In the sense of not knowing how to best write a particularly sentence... sometimes. I just write a filler in (the first words that come to my head), highlight it, and go back during the 2nd, 3rd or 4th edit runs.

[Paula]

Exercise.
Turn off the internet.
Learn to write everyday (I'm finding blog posts don't count toward my weekly goal word count).
Act out the scenes in your head.
I keep a long-hand journal of conversations with my characters.

Paula

[Stephen]

I find my brain goes into neutral (writes naturally) when I have the TV on and listening to my music. It's funny how that works. I haven't had a writer's block yet, but I do recognise when I am more receptive to writing.

Just because you want to write doesn't mean you should.

[Christine]

This is an article I wrote about overcoming writer's block: http://www.helium.com/items/1338306-o....

The article can also be found in my book of essays, Essays for the Soul, which includes several other essays about the craft of writing.