Young Writers Society

If you have writer’s block I would encourage you to explore the concept of free writing. This is basically an approach for doing unfiltered writing. Whatever is in your head at the time … you seek to get “down on paper”. You then polish and refine it later.

When I first started writing my Ph.D. thesis my original goal was to minimize rewrites, so I wanted to make my “first draft my last draft”. This method did not prove to be very successful … I got stuck trying to find the right words. Eventually I abandoned this “first draft as last draft” approach and moved to adopt the ideas of free writing. It may seem like you are adding steps, where in reality you are removing barriers.

There is also a Wikipedia article on the topic of “free writing” that can give you more information about the technique.

Some of the methods I employ to get over my writer's block are -

1. Music - Listen to the lyrics, humm along, you never know when a soul- touching lyrics might stir a thought that's worth penning down.

2. Drive/walk - Go on a slow peaceful drive or walk alone. Forget your phone, or any connection with the virtual world, watch the birds, stars, shadows, observe the people, you'll definitely get a bright idea.

3. Stop looking for an idea - No idea strikes when you're desperate to get it. It is a pleasure to experience when you're awestruck with a brilliant idea at the most unexpected time.

4.Play with kids or pets - It helps one make one's mind clutter free enabling proper flow of thoughts.

5. Do something you haven't done in a while, be carefree - You had a hobby? Try it out again! It will give positive energy.

6. Do something crazy - Call up an old friend, cook something that you haven't tried before, dance on your bed, it will help.

7. Just live - Keep living normally, ideas will strike. Ideas are like butterflies, the more you run after them, farther they'll be. The usual events and incidents have fantastic themes hidden in them, try and explore them.

Good luck! Keep writing!

when i started posting on the site i came to the conclusion that it was used for critique... as in critisism... telling some1 its boring and not telling them why and how to fix it isn't much critisism, it's just telling them not to write basicaly...

Writers block is frustrating. Its beyond frustrating, it’s more like self inflicted internal torture.

Thanks for the critique
All those 'its', i checked my word document and they were all correct in mine. Dont know what happened there.
Hmm, the naught seemed right to me. Im not even sure myself anymore. >_>

Its beyond frustrating,

cockily scratching it’s head.

Then its back to staring at the screen,

Nope, I thought I had but I lost it.

and your smarter than you are.

‘Damn, that would have been a great story’
You say to yourself as you struggle to remember an idea you had thought of naught two seconds ago.

It’s depressing ]/quote]

The block is still there after you finish, but at least you feel like you’ve achieved something