Lonny Lee
Augh! The intimidating white piece of paper that stares at you.
"Write something on it." The voices in my head bully me.
I deal with writers block the same way you deal with any bully. You confront it. You stand up for yourself and in this case I do so by forcing myself to write.
When that doesn't work I do other things that help me loosen up my pen. I will work out, draw, start or finish a painting, meditate.
One thing I noticed about writers block is that it is very psychological. I will "freeze up" on writing when I am close to finishing a piece like a novel. Like I am afraid of letting go, having something completed, it not being good enough or other yet undiscovered ghosts in the closet that stop me from writing. In order to counter that, I noticed that by relaxing with a different pleasurable activity I can get my groove back.
"Write something on it." The voices in my head bully me.
I deal with writers block the same way you deal with any bully. You confront it. You stand up for yourself and in this case I do so by forcing myself to write.
When that doesn't work I do other things that help me loosen up my pen. I will work out, draw, start or finish a painting, meditate.
One thing I noticed about writers block is that it is very psychological. I will "freeze up" on writing when I am close to finishing a piece like a novel. Like I am afraid of letting go, having something completed, it not being good enough or other yet undiscovered ghosts in the closet that stop me from writing. In order to counter that, I noticed that by relaxing with a different pleasurable activity I can get my groove back.
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