One topic that blog readers suggested for OA to address in 2021 was resources to fight writer's block. Here are some suggestions and links for additional information:
Writers on writer's blockSome writers don't believe in writer's block, others do
Reedsy's 20 suggestions to overcome writer's block
Including developing a writing routine and writing something else
Writing Cooperative
Including read [learn from other writers] and write a short story
Master Class
Including do something else, start in the middle, and freewriting
Writing Prompts
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
https://www.writersdigest.com/prompts
I like the ideas to write something else and to start in the middle. The writing prompts sites are also interesting. I went to the first one [Reedsy] and, because I write MG, set the drop-down to "for kids". The first prompt was "Write about someone taking a child trick-or-treating for the very first time." This actually ties in with my current WiP, so if I was stuck on my story at this point, using this prompt would have definitely helped me get unstuck.
What do you do when you're blocked?
1 comment:
I almost always have more than one project on the go. If I get stuck on one, I work on something else for a while (or write a short story) and through doing that, I almost always find I get unstuck by the time I go back to the original story.
Alternatively, if I'm on a deadline, I write myself a note about what I'm stuck on and then move on to a point where I know what happens and keep going. Often by the time I finish writing that part, I've figured out the point where I was stuck.
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