Say Goodbye to Writer’s Block
You are composing your latest article. Your writing flows effortlessly from your fingers
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Then it happens; your fingers stop typing because the flow of ideas has ended. You don’t know what else to say. Everything you write seems stilted and uninteresting.
“What happened?” you ask yourself.
“I was doing so well. I am almost done!” you exclaim.
With a looming deadline, you can’t afford to have writers’ block.
Can you overcome writer’s block long term?
Keep reading to find out how.
It’s All Mental
The problem begins in our minds. It feels like our brain has exhausted all our ideas. We think we have said everything we possibly can, and there’s nothing left to say.
Or, worse, we are looking for the perfect way to say it. The idea in our heads we can’t seem to put into words.
Frustration builds as we delete every fresh idea because we deem it unworthy of our expertise. We affirm things like, “there’s nothing left to say” or “I have no ideas.” The affirmations do little to help us out of our state of mind.
When frustration mounts, it could be a sign, we need to take a break. Sometimes the break refreshes our minds, and we can get back to work.
Other times the break spawns few, if any, new ideas, and we find ourselves in the same position.
Just Write
When you get to the point that you feel you have writer’s block, keep writing. Regardless of how poorly you think it sounds, keep writing.
The idea might sound unrefined to you. You might even think the writing doesn’t communicate your point. Keep writing what comes to mind anyway.
Get the ideas out of the brain and on to the paper. Who cares how good or bad they sound to you? You will edit them later.
As you push through the block by continuing to write, ideas will start to flourish, even new angles you hadn’t considered will emerge.
Don’t get stuck with writer’s block because you want to write it perfectly. Stop waiting for the perfect phrase. Pick up the pen and write.
