Stopping Writer’s Block

Whether you’re a new at writing or have been writing for years, it’s going to happen. Halfway through the story, you can’t write anymore. You’ve got the dreaded writers block. Here you’ll find tips on how to overcome it and get back on track.

Reasons you have it
Here are a few reasons you might have writers block, so you can fix them:
 * Your plot isn’t well developed. Often you get a spark of an idea, and immediately start writing. But as you write, you‘lol find you haven’t thought this through and your writing fizzles out. How to stop this: Before writing, come up with an outline of what will happen in this chapter. It can be messy, you don‘t have to spell correctly, just scrawl out a bit of what you want to happen and follow it.
 * You‘re procrasinating. You aren’t in the right mood for writing, are distracted, and you just can’t put pen to paper. This is where you’ve got ideas, but you can’t write them. You have no patience. How to fix this: Force yourself to write. Go in a room alone, shut the door, and make yourself write. Try to give yourself a set goal for each day, like 100 words, and don’t stop till you’ve reached the limit.
 * You don’t know how to begin or end. The story needs to get going, doesn’t it? But you have absolutely no idea how to begin, or how to end it. How to fix this: Read other books. Really examine the first few sentences, and figure out if your story will be in first, second, or third person. Take a few of your favorite beginning paragraphs, and try to imitate that in your own way.
 * You want to write a story, but you don’t know what it‘ll be about. Basically, you have no ideas. How to fix this: Take a walk, and try to focus on one person. Don‘t stare creepily, but imagine where that person is going, look at their expression and imagine what they’re feeling. As you do this, let your imagination run wild. In a few minutes, you might have an idea as to what your main character and storyline will be like.

Procrasination or Writer’s Block
You might not have writer’s block, which is lack of ideas or wording, but you might actually be procrasinating. A few signs of this and tips:
 * You feel like your writing is going really, really slow. Each day, it takes you ten minutes to write two sentences. This is part of procrasination. You can’t just write. A few tips on why your writing is going so slow: You’re imagining the writing as the exact words the reader is going to read. This really slows people down. You may not realize you’re doing it, but this is a bad sign. Instead of writing like it‘ll be the actual sentences in the story, write out an outline instea