The best way to get over writer’s block is to write…. If you can’t write what you want, write something else. If you normally write essays, write a poem. If you normally write about others, write about yourself. If you normally write fiction, write an essay. Even if you write the worst thing of your life, at least you’ve got it out of your system. 
And there’s always editing.
Another technique, when writing fiction, is to put random words in a hat. Then try to make a story around what you pull out. If you happen to use tarot cards, you can also pull random cards and use them for character and plot development. Even if you don’t own a deck, it’s something you might want to try as it provides odd quirks to characters that you might not have thought of on your own. This can also be done with playing cards. The trumps of tarot cards and playing cards are essentially the same, though playing cards obviously don’t have the colorful and descriptive pictures to go with the number.
Of course, you could always stop trying to write and just read something instead. I good writer writes what they know and if you’re not willing to do the research, there’s not much you can write about convincingly. So… worse comes to worse, if you can’t write, there’s always more books out there than you could ever read in one lifetime.
August 30th
This was the first day of the New Year and the first day of the month of Thoth according to the Alexandrian calendar. According to another Egyptian calendar, this is the 13th of Paopi, the Day of Satisfying the Hearts of the Ennead.
The old Roman holiday of Chariseria was a festival of thanksgiving.
Comments (5)
I vote for reading.
Great advice
I use to do run on writing until I could write again. Now I know that inspiration has it’s time. Forcing anything creates resistance.
This is great advice. Writer’s block is something I’m very familiar with…there is nothing more frustrating. Writing something or reading do seem to help, though.
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