Writer's Block

Writer's block is the horrible state of affairs which is the bane of every author's life. It's the awful, painful, excruciating, frustrating experience of staring blankly at the screen with the cursor staring equally blankly back at you; or at the pristine paper which is mocking you with its pristine, untouched, virginal whiteness.

It's the sensation of your brain going to mush and the more you try to force it to concentrate and create, the more mushy it gets, and it just will not obey orders and produce. It's like having mashed bananas in your head. Over-ripe mashed bananas.

We've all been there - I certainly have. That's how I was able to write with such eloquence about it ...

There are, I believe, several causes of writer's block.

One is a very root cause, and it's where your subconscious feels it's not safe for you to write. I invite you to read more about what is writer's block's roots. And I then invite you to, on foot of that, discover the cure for writer's block - for this type of writer's block at least.

You might also like to read more information about creativity in writing, and also some creativity techniques. that I've collected and created for you.

Sometimes writer's block can be caused by bad planning, or just lack of ideas. I recommend an excellent product called Novel Writing Made Easy to help with planning, and avoid that kind of getting stuck.

And if you're out of ideas, I invite you to check out another excellent resource called 22 Ways To Rethink A Story.

I'm a great believer that creativity is like a muscle and can be trained, that it's something that is within the grasp of us all. Schooling, frankly, clamps down on our creativity, and our culture and societal expectations do the rest. But, I believe that creativity - freely-flowing creativity - is our birthright, and that we can make sure to reclaim it.

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