Writer's Block

I have been suffering from writer’s block since last November when I finished INSIDIOUS. Today I finally Googled writers block and found some helpful information from About.Com “Getting the Best of your Writers Block” by Ginny Wienhardt.


Ginny suggested a way to overcome writers block was to think of writing as a regular job, and less of an art. If she only knew what kind of an artist I am…

Wienhardt had a few other suggestions, which I have decided to try.


1. Have a schedule, and stick to it.

I will write sometime between sun-up and sun-down on someday of the week.


Check.

2. Don’t be too hard on yourself.

Camille Ballou, you are good enough, you are smart enough, and doggonnit, people like you. You don’t in fact suck rotten eggs.


Check.


3. Don’t panic.

Oh no! Oh no! Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no!!! I can’t think of anything to write. My mind is blank, my creativity is goo and has leaked out of my ear and into my hair. Ew! Ew! Ew! Get it off of me!!


Check.

4. Take time off

Uhhh, yeah. Check, check and check.


5. Set deadlines and keep them.

During said hours of sun-up and sun-down I will write 1,000 words a day on some 5 days a week.


Check.


6. Examine any deep-seated issues

Made an appointment with a therapist.


Check.


7. Work on more than one project at a time.

Putting in a yard. Training a new puppy. Mopping.


Check.


8. Try writing exercises.

There once was a girl from Nantucket...

Check.


9. Get away from the desk for a while.

Desk? What desk? I write in my lap. Can I get away from my lap for awhile? I’d love to. Does that mean liposuction can now be a write off?

Check.


10. Remember why you started to write in the first place.
Because I’m an idiot and wanted to prove something to myself.
Check.
 And now…I am proud to say my writer’s block is cured. You should try this, it’s better than chocolate. 
Here’s to 1,000 words a day, 5 days a week!!