I get huge mental blocks that overwhelm me to the point I hide under my covers and don't come out. I've found that they mostly happen when something is stressing me out in RL.
I've found that getting restful sleep is essential to beating the block. I frequently ask myself.... whenever the words aren't coming, what is bothering me? How am I not satisfied? Sometimes it's enough to break the block if I can work out my RL issues by writing about them. Weird? Yeah, maybe... Sometimes turning RL stress into story fodder is exactly what I need to give my plots a boost.
The other thing I've found, is that if a story idea is just not working for me.... it's time to change it up. I've cut 7k words from a fic before and rewritten... I've started over again and again and again... and it's the only way I've made my deadline and avoided falling into the trap of writer's block.
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Date: 2012-07-03 03:59 pm (UTC)I've found that getting restful sleep is essential to beating the block. I frequently ask myself.... whenever the words aren't coming, what is bothering me? How am I not satisfied? Sometimes it's enough to break the block if I can work out my RL issues by writing about them. Weird? Yeah, maybe... Sometimes turning RL stress into story fodder is exactly what I need to give my plots a boost.
The other thing I've found, is that if a story idea is just not working for me.... it's time to change it up. I've cut 7k words from a fic before and rewritten... I've started over again and again and again... and it's the only way I've made my deadline and avoided falling into the trap of writer's block.