Cures for Writer's Block

Overcoming Writer's Block

So, here is what this book is going to tell you. I'm sure many of you have experienced writer's block sometime in your lives, and don't really know how to deal with it. Here are some things that help me, but just because they help me doesn't mean it will help you, although it is possible.

1. Take a break!

The no 1. cause of writer's block (probably) is stress. Maybe you have too many stories that need to be updated weekly, and you are simply running out of ideas. If you take a break to stop and relax, chances are ideas will flow more easily.

2. Listen to music

As you may have heard from a music teacher or somewhere, music stimulates emotions, but if you have ever felt it is the real question. Take a few minutes to turn on your device and listen to some music, preferably instrumental, as thoughts flow more freely and the general, broad picture is visible. It will stimulate your thoughts and give you inspiration.

3. Look at photos/videos

If you look up photos of "pictures," then you can find a wide variety of things, from landscapes to portraits, realism to abstract, and these can give you inspiration, but unlike music, looking at pictures can have many different effects on you, like if you want something specific or maybe just a general feeling to inspire you. Videos also help, looking on some media website and it can give you inspiration, like maybe someone had set a new world record in baseball and someone happened to record it and post it on youtube. It can give you many ideas to get your creative juices flowing.

4. Read other people's work

Okay, I know nobody wants to copy someone else or make a really used plot line, like a princess gets kidnapped by a huge monster, and an italian plumber is forced to go after them and save the princess, but you can get an original idea from this, for example, instead of the princess getting kidnapped by the monster, she is working with him to catch the plumber for whatever reason. Then, maybe the plumber's accomplice comes and saves the princess by accident, blah blah blah. You get the point. When in doubt, read books.

5. Read the news

This one kind of ties in with the previous one, but I only mentioned books, not news. Once again, the news covers many stories not mentioned much in books. The news is where to look if you want semi-original story ideas.

Okay! This is all I can help with for now, but I'll edit it when I get more ideas. STAY TUNED!