{"id":15,"date":"2013-03-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbamarasr\/?p=15"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:03:08","slug":"overcoming-writers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbamarasr\/overcoming-writers-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Overcoming Writers Block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many writers have times when they are faced with<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> overcoming writers block<\/span>. Fear and frustration may set in when <em>overcoming writers block<\/em> doesn\u2019t happen immediately. These sometimes debilitating feelings can make overcoming writers block even more difficult to handle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">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,\u00a0paragraph about what they did today and expanding on that or put down in words what they are feeling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">Even professional writers reportedly struggled in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">overcoming writers block<\/span> from time to time such as: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">\u00a0Leo Tolstoy, <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">Virginia Woolf, <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">Katherine Mansfield, <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">Joseph Conrad, <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">Ernest Hemingway (really?)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">just to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000\">Steps to Overcoming Writers Block<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">There are hundreds of reasons for writers block and just as many if not more, ways to\u00a0overcoming writers block. Here are just a few favorites to try when when you need help in overcoming writers block.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">One way to prevent and also useful in\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">overcoming writers block is <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">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 \u00a0goals so you know when you are making progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019 take yourself too seriously. You may never have to face <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">overcoming writers block if you <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">don\u2019t beat yourself up about not being perfect in the first place.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">When you are having a hard time <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">overcoming writers block <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">just start writing \u2026 words\u2026.. then sentences \u2026\u2026 sometimes doing these small rambling exercises will spark an idea that will get you back to writing in no time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">There are many other ways to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: &#x27;Times New Roman&#x27;,&#x27;serif&#x27;\">overcoming writers block but if you start with these tried and true methods you may not need to look any further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a title=\"Motivational mp3 Downloads\" href=\"\/hbamarasr\/blog\/motivational-mp3-downloads\/\">Motivational audios, videos and books<\/a> can help you in overcoming writers block.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many writers have times when they are faced with overcoming writers block. Fear and frustration may set in when overcoming writers block doesn\u2019t 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. 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