Overcoming Writers Block

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Many writers have times when they are faced with overcoming writers block. Fear and frustration may set in when overcoming writers block doesn’t happen immediately. These sometimes debilitating feelings can make overcoming writers block even more difficult to handle.

New writers who are just starting out have their own set of problems overcoming writers block. For one thing new writers have very little experience so they sometimes do not know what they should write about. They feel they have nothing interesting to say so overcoming writers block could possibly be remedied by just writing a short biography, paragraph about what they did today and expanding on that or put down in words what they are feeling.

Even professional writers reportedly struggled in overcoming writers block from time to time such as:

•  Leo Tolstoy,
• Virginia Woolf,
• Katherine Mansfield,
• Joseph Conrad,
• Ernest Hemingway (really?)
  
• ……….

just to name a few.

Steps to Overcoming Writers Block

There are hundreds of reasons for writers block and just as many if not more, ways to overcoming writers block. Here are just a few favorites to try when when you need help in overcoming writers block.

One way to prevent and also useful in overcoming writers block is to have a schedule and show up to write even though nothing may come of it. Think of writing as physical work or manual labor such as a bricklayer only you are using words to build things, not bricks. Set deadlines and  goals so you know when you are making progress.

Don’ take yourself too seriously. You may never have to face overcoming writers block if you don’t beat yourself up about not being perfect in the first place.

When you are having a hard time overcoming writers block just start writing … words….. then sentences …… sometimes doing these small rambling exercises will spark an idea that will get you back to writing in no time.

There are many other ways to overcoming writers block but if you start with these tried and true methods you may not need to look any further.

Motivational audios, videos and books can help you in overcoming writers block.