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Get Past Writer Block Now
"When I face the desolate impossibility of writing 500 pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day’s works is all I can permit myself to contemplate." —John Steinbeck Yes, even writing icons like John Steinbeck have faced their own writer blocks. STOP WRITER’S BLOCKS COLD Some writers say that they want to,” Write and let it flow.” This does happen sometimes and it is a high greater than you can imagine. What happens when it stops flowing though? You will get to a point, in most stories, where the storyline will flow and the characters will take on a life of their own. Sometimes though, they can be stubborn or your brain just says I need a break. For those writer blocks you need to have a plan. 1) Step one to get through writer blocks. Take a half hour break and immerse yourself in something completely different. Forget about your story completely. It may be that both you and your characters are tired and need a break. Go soak in a tub, have a cup of tea, or take a nap. It may be all that you need to get going again. You may even find that your greatest inspirations occur, while you rest. Your unconscious can handle any problem if you give it a chance. If you have developed your characters enough no writer blocks will stop you.Once you are rested you may even hear your characters urging you to get back to work and telling you exactly what happens next.
2)Plan two in your quest to make your writer blocks dissapear. For those more severe occasions of writer blocks, it is good to come up with an outline. From ok what have I written so far, to where do I want this story to go you can sometimes pick up your train of thought again. Or you can try picturing the ending first and work backwards to fill in the blanks. This may sound strange but it works. A friend of mine,Daniel Olson Master NLP Practitioner, who studies the human brain for a living, taught me that technique to eliminate my own writer blocks. He said,”" Picture the book already done. Picture the ending then look back at your present self and then tell me all the things you needed to do to get there." What steps will your story need to take to get from where you are now to where you want to be? Start from the last chapter, then the one before it, and the one before that, until you get to the begin ning. Fill in as many details as possible until you begin to see the whole picture step by step.Creating your story's big picture out of all the little details is a sure fire way to eliminate writer blocks and create a real, believable story for your readers.” Example: Fact #1: You know that you want your hero to win the football game at the end, with his amazing scientific gadgets Fact #2: You know that in the beginning everyone thinks he is a graceless geek What needs to happen along the way to make him into a hero and eliminate your writer blocks? ————> Well, you know that at some point in the story he will need to invent some of these gadgets and convince the coach to use them.
#151;——>He will also need some close friends to help him out, along the way, and an antagonist or two telling him that his ideas are nuts.
————> That would lead me to believe that his personal bully may need to come to respect him in the end or get his comeuppance.
—————> The scene before that may be the bully telling him, yet again, that he doesn’t belong in the game.
—————> Maybe our hero gets discouraged and is about to give up, when his best friend comes in screaming that he is a genius. She has just jumped over the fence using his incredible jump-o-matic machine. Do you see how looking at it from a different angle can actually add substance to your writing? It is a great way to jump start your imagination again. It can also help you to see if the story is actually going in the direction that you had intended or if you are getting bogged down in details. Describing the exact color of each of the character’s hair may seem important to you but it doesn’t keep the story flowing. No flow means no reader. Using this method can actually turn your story into a better story than you would have originally come up with, using the lets start with chapter one technique. Want more tips and techniques? Click below for my book How to Write a Children's Book in 30 Days or Less and get techniques on how to get past writer's block, actually make time to write and get your book written in 30 days or less!
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