Everybody comes to a point when the words just won’t flow. It’s writer’s block. You’re stuck and you can’t get out. You can approach getting over it in many different ways. Here are a few I particularly favor.
Experiment with new things. Get up from your chair and try writing in a different spot. Vary your schedules, use a different software, take a snack – do something to change your settings and you just might set the gears into motion. Sometimes, I even get my software writing assistant to perform full-on rewrites and see if that shakes things up – I do make sure to always make a backup though.
Try freewriting. Close your commissioned piece for a moment and fire up a new blank page. Then, write whatever comes to mind. That’s freewriting – writing about anything, in hopes of getting the juices to flow.
Form keyword and idea clusters. Instead of writing, just write down words and ideas that come to mind as a result of them. It helps fire up creativity and could get you on the road to writing.
If you’re stuck in a particular section of your text, throw it out. It always hurts to cut out potentially good copy, but it’s sometimes necessary. When you find yourself staring at the same sentence, wondering how to continue, the best course of action might be to just give up and start over.
Concentrate harder. Some people claim that the harder you try, the more difficult it gets. The opposite holds true for me. When I stare at the text, crinkle my eyebrow and focus all my attention, the block usually just works itself out.
