Tips How do you deal with ”writer’s block”?

[kbcinharoxa]

(This doesn’t have to explicitly be about your RGT writings!)

Say you have an excellent idea for a text. Be it review, article, opinion, anything—but no matter how hard you try you just can’t get the proverbial ball rolling.
Do you have any good strategies for dealing with the dreaded writer’s block Do you just power through until something sticks or do you have any creative solutions?

For me personally (speaking as a creative person), since writing is a very, like, tertiary creative endeavor compared to my more prevalent muses, I usually have to just sit and wait until a thunderbolt of inspiration strikes, and then take full advantage of that high to just blast the subject matter out of my mind and onto the paper/document.

Not always, of course, but I suppose it feels easier that way since I’m maybe not as experienced a writer as I’d like to be, and getting in the swing of things can likely only come from powering through more often!

Well… I’m constantly writing — at work, on the internet, and for my own stories (fun fact: I never actually finish any of them XD).
So when people talk about “creative block”, I honestly don’t relate that much. I rarely get stuck creatively.
My real problem is laziness. I’ve been writing the same chapter for about three years, always stopping and restarting — it’s basically an eternal hiatus.
But if there’s one thing I can recommend, it’s this:
treat writing as something fun. That mindset works like magic.
Instead of thinking “OH MY GOD, I HAVE TO WRITE THIS AND IT HAS TO BE PERFECT”, nah — just be free.
Write to have fun, to laugh, and for the experience itself.

(I know this post is old, but I suddenly felt like saying something :,v)

AAAAAAAAAAND i must say...
My experience on this site, both writing and reading posts, has been really fun and a great way to pass the time :,P
I hope I can do a lot of things here.

I’m pretty shy on the internet, but talking and writing here has actually been a really nice experience.

 

[ThatOneLum ThatOneLum]

Weird to say it, but "just keep writing anyway" is a shockingly good answer.


When I get blocked I move onto writing something else entirely. Even if it's utter bollocks at least it'll probably help to unclog me. Usually I aim for Spike Milligan-style Nonsense Verse.

 

[redux007]

(This doesn’t have to explicitly be about your RGT writings!)

Say you have an excellent idea for a text. Be it review, article, opinion, anything—but no matter how hard you try you just can’t get the proverbial ball rolling.
Do you have any good strategies for dealing with the dreaded writer’s block Do you just power through until something sticks or do you have any creative solutions?

For me personally (speaking as a creative person), since writing is a very, like, tertiary creative endeavor compared to my more prevalent muses, I usually have to just sit and wait until a thunderbolt of inspiration strikes, and then take full advantage of that high to just blast the subject matter out of my mind and onto the paper/document.

Not always, of course, but I suppose it feels easier that way since I’m maybe not as experienced a writer as I’d like to be, and getting in the swing of things can likely only come from powering through more often!

I've never suffered from writers block. I will say that often conceptualizing what I'm going to write before the act of doing it produces little to nothing of value. And, that only in the process of writing do I find the material available to me.

 

[Sheepy765]

I like to search for inspiration and read other people’s works, and if I get even the faintest idea I try to flesh it out more and see if it fits with what I’m writing.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

I write more like literary stuff as a hobby, don't think i'm really good at it, probably amateur stuff that doesn't deserve a reading.
But my problem is more about lack of discipline than a block, i have too many unfinish works, so i'm planning on finishing something this year.

Beside that i try to study writing in games and in literature, especially the old one.

A block isn't going to stay forever anyway, so, eventually you'll be having any other idea to work.

 

[SherionVane]

making love.

 

[breremarer]

Say you have an excellent idea for a text. Be it review, article, opinion, anything—but no matter how hard you try you just can’t get the proverbial ball rolling. Do you have any good strategies for dealing with the dreaded writer’s block Do you just power through until something sticks or do you have any creative solutions?

It's not really anything that hasn't been mentioned in here already, but I had a screenwriting teacher in college who really pushed (what I would later learn was called) the Pomodoro method. Basically, you set a timer, and you must be writing for the duration of that timer, regardless of if it's good or even makes any real sense. No one has to see it but you, and no one really should - that's not its point. The point of the 'writing journal' was just to get you used to transferring thoughts to words and then going back to prune the good stuff that you wanted to keep. I really took to this! I still use a version of it to this day, if I'm feeling blocked or stuck.

I also saw a comment on Reddit the other day that kinda blew my mind. I'm paraphrasing here, but essentially the person said "I think 'ideas guys' sometimes undervalue the mentor of Process,' and I've been thinking about it ever since. I've been in a real writing slump lately, but somewhere between these two thoughts I think I can find my groove again.

Hope this was helpful!

 

[Naltic]

It's not really anything that hasn't been mentioned in here already, but I had a screenwriting teacher in college who really pushed (what I would later learn was called) the Pomodoro method. Basically, you set a timer, and you must be writing for the duration of that timer, regardless of if it's good or even makes any real sense. No one has to see it but you, and no one really should - that's not its point. The point of the 'writing journal' was just to get you used to transferring thoughts to words and then going back to prune the good stuff that you wanted to keep. I really took to this! I still use a version of it to this day, if I'm feeling blocked or stuck.

I also saw a comment on Reddit the other day that kinda blew my mind. I'm paraphrasing here, but essentially the person said "I think 'ideas guys' sometimes undervalue the mentor of Process,' and I've been thinking about it ever since. I've been in a real writing slump lately, but somewhere between these two thoughts I think I can find my groove again.

Hope this was helpful!

I kind of use the same method when writing, except I don't use a timer, but rather just write and stop paying attention to the quality and focus more on writing what it is I want to write. It has worked really well, I feel, and is a really great method for just getting rid of that writer's block.