Ways Of Dealing With Writers Block

Writers block, it’s something that any author will have. No matter what they have to write, it will attack them at one point or another while working. It’s that point when you sit staring at the paper, nothing coming out. Or that you are sitting at the computer, hands on keyboard, but words just won’t get there.

Almost as if your brain isn’t communicating with your body somehow. Writing isn’t the easiest thing to do in the world, and when that block comes up. Well you might as forget about it for a while. All the good author’s have had problems with it before, and they will again.

Many people will tell you that each day you need to write down something. Spend at least fifteen minutes where you sit and write it won’t need to make sense. But as long as you do this, writing should always come to you when it’s needed.

Unfortunately no matter how many prompts you do or days you write. Guess what, you will still at times hit that brick wall. The one where you stare off into space and can’t think of one single thing to place down. Nothing is going to come to no matter how hard you try.

Listen to music, read, watch a movie, go out and head to the beach. It won’t matter but just get away from sitting and staring as nothing comes to you. It will only frustrate you more than what you already are at this point.

Give it a bit of time and go back and see what comes up. You never know how long it will last and that’s another thing that can get you upset. But instead of getting all mad just take your mind off of it instead.

Finally, one day you will wake up and the words will be there again. It may be something completely different from what you’ve been working on, but enjoy it all the same.

Tom Binns is creativity coaching at the The Creativity Practice