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How to Overcome Writer's Block If you've ever been afflicted with writer's block, you'll know it's no laughing matter — it can impede your writing for days, weeks, or even months. And while it's tempting to just ignore the problem and hope that it goes away, writer's block is one of those pests that requires active extermination. What is writer's block? Writer's block isn't really a thing — it couldn't be, because if you're blocked you can't write at all, and if you can write there's no reason to call the condition "writer's block." However, it does seem to be a pretty universal experience of getting stuck on something for days or weeks on end. In my case, the original manuscript of my latest novel languished on my hard drive for nearly two years before I got started on revisions. How do you know when you have writer's block? You'll know that old familiar sense of frustration and futility as you stare at a blank screen. You may feel like you've been sitting there forever, and that you're never going to get anywhere. A flurry of self-recrimination and imprecations follow. Why do we get frustrated when we can't write? If you spend time writing online or talking about writing, you'll hear the refrain "write every day, even if it's only for ten minutes." (From Write to Done by James Scott Bell.) It's good advice. But what happens when you sit down at your computer every morning, determined to write your novel or screenplay or short story or blog post? You stare at the screen…and stare…and then start looking for something else to do. Your coffee gets cold (and maybe drained). You finally give up and go do something else, or at least try to convince yourself you have. Don't block out the block! Blocking out a case of writer's block is a bad idea, because you'll just get blocked again. It's a vicious circle. So what's a writer to do? Find out what caused that block in the first place, and fix it or work around it…or just drink more coffee and hope that something will happen that will dislodge the words from your brain onto your screen. But first… What causes writer's block? The most common cause is distraction — some other task or some other project gets more attention from you than writing does. The second most common cause is that you're not "in the mood" to write. You can remedy both these problems, which are often related, by simply coming up with a routine that makes writing part of your daily routine. For example, I generally write in the morning before I go off to work. It's also important to be sure you do something creative when you do manage to sit down to write — sight-writing or taking dictation allow your mind to wander through other ideas while you still think about what you want your characters or plot to accomplish. What should I do if I can't seem to fix myself? As for stepping back and trying again later without making any progress, that's counterproductive. 58cfa1e778206
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