Overcoming Writer’s Block

It’s the arch-enemy of anyone who has ever tried to compose an essay, a blog post, a research paper, an e-mail, a journal entry, an epic song, or even a simple tweet.

It’s that moment when creative juices seem to freeze in place. When brain cells scream out in agony because neurons and synapses won’t connect anymore. It’s the instant when the ink in the mental pen has ceased to flow. When the typewriter of the mind has jammed. When power seems to have failed, and the hard drive that is your brain simply crashes.

Yep. Writer’s block.

While I’m clearly not a professional wordsmith, writer’s block is a topic I know all too well.

And yes… it just struck right as I was composing this. Like a NASCAR driver, the flow of words that was appearing here on my WordPress screen just hit the wall.

So let’s re-phrase the title. I can’t help you overcome it.

Just cope with it a bit.

The trick to COPING with writer’s block?

It may sound simplistic, but keep a list of questions handy.

It’s especially applicable if you’re journaling… when your writing can be completely free-form, and there’s not necessarily a real end goal except to open a port in your head to vent the myriad thoughts colliding with one another.

Here’s a few starters that I’ve developed recently for my own use: