Breaking Writer's Block

Breaking Writer’s Block

Have you ever had that moment where you are just sitting in front of a paper or computer screen and you are giving it a blank stare, because you can't process any kind of ideas to write about-- that is what you call a writer's block. If you suffer from this block, then this blog will help you overcome or prevent having this blockage.
Writer's block is a common occurrence when writers plan to write  novels, blogs, articles, papers and etc. There are a lot of symptoms when it comes to writer's block, whether it be self-consciousness or you didn't do any kind of research on the topic you write about; this list can go on forever. The one symptom I personally experience a lot from writer's block would be stress. Stress is a big cause for this lack of ability to write anything and stress can come from any kind of daily events or personal life issues. The daily event of having school and work full-time puts this physical stress on me that makes me tired and sleepy, so writing is the last thing on my mind. Now a days, dealing with school and work, I rarely can do my hobby which was to write poems.
But when I do get that opportunity, I always run into that writer's block, because I don't have any topics to write about. Not knowing what to write about gets really frustrating and I always think in my mind that an idea will pop up, but that block is always there. So, I actually took the time to go online to find ways to overcome or prevent this obstacle for you and I.

               What I found for breaking this writer’s block for creative writing helped me a lot on how to search for specific topics to write about. I found a list of where creative writing ideas spawn from.  This was just a small list I found at www.makeliterature.com of where creative writing can come from. Don’t limit yourself on this small list, there are tons of ways to where creative writing ideas come from, but these five were recommend places to where ideas could be found—Other people observation, Newspaper and Magazines, World out there, Your bookshelf or Local Library, and Your personal experiences.

                When I was on www.makeliterature.com, this website gave me tips and ideas on how you can become a better writer. This website also had links to other websites that can help you overcome the writer’s block and help you become the writer you imagine yourself to be. These tips consisted of alerts and trackers that would remind you when there are ideas and topics that relate to your topic of interest. The alert system is an easier procedure in which you type in your topic of interest and the system will email you the related site, video and etc.

                The links were portals to other website that help you become the writer you potentially can be. Certain links like www.writinghood.com showed you a list of ways on how to overcome writer’s block. There were 12 tips on how to overcome writer’s block. 1) Read your friend’s articles or post-- which is definitely helpful, because your friend’s ideas can help you created your own ideas. 2) Get away from the screen or desk—this tip helps you become less fatigue and allows for your brain to relax. 3) Use it as an opportunity—this can be the chance you can learn while you write about your topic. 4) Go back to basics—even though we live in an era where technology rules now, we can actually go back to using pen and pencil to stimulate creative writing. 5) Write about writer’s block—weird to believe that this will help you, but look at what I am doing for this blog. 6) Look at what you had written in the past—your past writing experiences can create new ideas for future writing. 7) Ask your readers for ideas—your readers are the people that are loyal to your writing, so have more people have ideas for you is a blessing. 8) Find an interesting or shocking statistics—readers have interest in statistics. 9) Write a list—writing a list can help you build ideas for future writing. 10) What’s popular right now?—popular topics in media and news are interesting topics to write about. 11) Take inspiration from music—writing about your favorite artist, song, or album can spark up ideas for your blogs. 12) Just give up—this tip is to have you come back to the idea later, if you are stuck in writer’s block.

                Hopefully, these tips and ideas for overcoming writer’s block can help you become a better writer, because it certainly helped me become a better one.

If you have any questions or comments, please write them below in the comment section.

Thank you,

Kevin Ha