Writing Through Writer's Block

Avoiding the empty page. Staring at the blank screen. Puzzled at a pause. Stopped at the end of a sentence. You've come to the start of a Writer's Block. Nothing is coming. "I have no more to write," -- or so you think. Right here, right now, on the same page, begin a new section and write about this temporary interruption in creativity. *

• How or where did it start?
• What does the block feel like?
• How do you feel about yourself?
• What were your plans?
• What do you need to continue?

When you've exhausted these and any other issues you can think up about your block, cut and paste this section into a new document (if you're working on a computer) and "play" with it. Shape it up into an article, a blog post, a journal entry. Turning it into a salable article might include listing methods to prevent or overcome this particular form of Writer's Block. Maybe you will need to do a little research, digging up references.

At any rate, you will have been writing. Not blocked at all. In the process, you will gain insight into your feelings and thoughts, perhaps about the original piece, perhaps about yourself as a creative producer, and perhaps about writing itself.

* reframing the problem can help overcome it