10 Ways To Bust Writer’s Block
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- Get all your writing gear together.
- Find a comfortable writing spot.
- Put pen to paper and start writing.
- Write anything that comes to mind even if it’s nonsensical or gibberish later on. Your goal is to write, not edit.
- Use creative writing exercises like top 10 lists, or writing only questions.
- As you write, look for themes, and focus on those. If more than one come to the surface make note of them and come back to them later.
- Write for you and you alone.
- Take a reader on a virtual tour of what’s around you. Be as descriptive as possible.
- Write a letter to someone.
- Write about your day but instead of using “I” or “me”, write using “you” as if someone else were telling you what was going on. Example: “You could tell she was a Karen before she placed her coffee order but you already made up your mind that you were going to make her day.”
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