Tips to Overcome Writer’s Block
“WHAT IF I CAN’T WRITE ANYTHING AT ALL?”
This does happen from time to time, and it is called writer’s block. If you continually try to write and nothing seems to be happening, the best bet is to give yourself a break for a while. Finish writing early for the day if you need to, but don’t be tempted to skip a day.
The truth is that if you try and avoid writing because you feel that you cannot do it, the problem can continue for much longer, and it becomes even harder to carry on. Come back at your next time to write and try and get started again. Most instances of writer’s block are usually short lived, so you may well find everything has settled down again.
If it hasn’t, and you have tried writing different sections of the book to no avail, try reading about your subject instead. This can re-awaken the enthusiasm about your subject that you had from the start, and get rid of the block for you.
It could also be that something else is going on in your life that is drawing your attention away from your writing. It’s quite possible to feel guilty about writing if you have other things on your mind that need to be dealt with. In this situation, the best way forward is to try and focus on solving the problem you have, so that you can settle down to writing again.
“WHAT IF I DON’T GET THE CONSTRUCTION OF MY BOOK RIGHT?”
If you have ever read any type of writing advice at all, you will probably have come across the word ‘flow’ every now and again.
So what does this refer to?
Quite simply if a piece of writing flows, it means that it is easy to read and pulls you from the beginning of the piece right through to the end – almost without realizing it. This is what you need to aim for ultimately, because it will make your book so much easier and more enjoyable to read.
Unfortunately, it is one of those things that you can start to be very conscious of during the writing process itself if you aren’t careful, and if you get your mind into this kind of rut, it can be tricky to carry on writing at any kind of speed at all.
You’ll find yourself wondering whether that sentence on page 3 had too many words in it. And what about that paragraph on page 6? Was it too long? And now you come to think of it, there was a piece of writing in section two that was so long that it will probably bore everyone who reads it.
Can you see how these thoughts can stop you in your tracks more effectively than anything else? I’m sure you can.
The one thing you need to remember here is that it doesn’t matter how many words are in each sentence you write, or how many sentences you have in each paragraph. Your aim here – your SOLE AIM – is to get your book written, even if that means having a fifty two word sentence in chapter one and a paragraph that is three pages long in chapter four.
Just get it all down on paper and let the editing part of the whole process take care of the rest. That is all you need to think about. Just keep reminding yourself that you are getting the information down first; there will be plenty of time for form and polishing later on.
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