Ravyn Wilde
I have a few methods I use to deal with writer's block:
1. Move - that means if I'm sitting at my desk, I go into the family room, or...weather permitting out to my deck.
2. Change - sometimes the laptop gets to be a time sucker...if I've got writer's block...I'll decide to add a couple things to my website, or look at email. So I switch to paper and pen and go sit in the hammock. Or curl up in some nook and cranny of the house and write by hand. My husband bought me a pen that will write even if its upside down so I can often be found laying flat with the pen and paper above my head. (I know...weird.)
3. Water - I don't know what it is, but when I'm really stuck I take a bath. I have a huge garden tub. I fill it with essential oils, usually Eucalyptus and/or Lavender, and throw in some generic bubble bath. Light candles, get something to drink and just soak. I keep a pad of paper and pen nearby. Typically within a few moments I'm frantically scribbling ideas or finishing something what was giving me fits just moments before.
4. Break it down - When I get stuck, its usually on something specific. A transition, or intensely physical scene (sex, something scary or traumatic). So I break it into pieces. I might start writing how I want it to end, then how it starts, and by then the middle is easy. Sometimes I just write the dialogue, then go back and fill in a sense of place and impressions.
If these four methods don't work, I'll either skip ahead and plot or write something I can work on, write "scenery" for something earlier I can flush out a bit...or just walk away for awhile and do something else.
But I have another method...if I walk away...I have to clean. I can't read, I can't play on my computer or phone...I have to do the dishes, or the bathroom, or the floors.
I don't get writers block very often! ;)
Ravyn
1. Move - that means if I'm sitting at my desk, I go into the family room, or...weather permitting out to my deck.
2. Change - sometimes the laptop gets to be a time sucker...if I've got writer's block...I'll decide to add a couple things to my website, or look at email. So I switch to paper and pen and go sit in the hammock. Or curl up in some nook and cranny of the house and write by hand. My husband bought me a pen that will write even if its upside down so I can often be found laying flat with the pen and paper above my head. (I know...weird.)
3. Water - I don't know what it is, but when I'm really stuck I take a bath. I have a huge garden tub. I fill it with essential oils, usually Eucalyptus and/or Lavender, and throw in some generic bubble bath. Light candles, get something to drink and just soak. I keep a pad of paper and pen nearby. Typically within a few moments I'm frantically scribbling ideas or finishing something what was giving me fits just moments before.
4. Break it down - When I get stuck, its usually on something specific. A transition, or intensely physical scene (sex, something scary or traumatic). So I break it into pieces. I might start writing how I want it to end, then how it starts, and by then the middle is easy. Sometimes I just write the dialogue, then go back and fill in a sense of place and impressions.
If these four methods don't work, I'll either skip ahead and plot or write something I can work on, write "scenery" for something earlier I can flush out a bit...or just walk away for awhile and do something else.
But I have another method...if I walk away...I have to clean. I can't read, I can't play on my computer or phone...I have to do the dishes, or the bathroom, or the floors.
I don't get writers block very often! ;)
Ravyn
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