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Writer's Block!
I get writers block a lot, and I bet you do to. Here is a list of things you can do if you do get writers block.
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Find your favorite chapter from you favorite book and re-write it the way you wish it would have happened, or maybe from another point of view.
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Pick up a thesaurus and find a descriptive word that you like, write an acrostic with it poem describing the describing word.
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Write about anything and I mean anything in the world! Pick something you think is funny it could be watermelons for all I care and just write about it.
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Try starting from another part of the story if your on chapter 3 think about how you want to write your 5th chapter…
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Read a book!
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Write down a name… any name then start to write… who is this person what does he/she look like? Who is there friend?
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Play some music …. Use a lyric in your story
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Try meditating! It’s relaxing and could really help.
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Let yourself write horribly! It could lead to something really funny!
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Try drawing a character that you wrote about it might get you thinking about describing words.
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Get some fresh air go for a walk!
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Find a cool picture you took… write about it! Where it was why you took it…etc.
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Pick a new place to write go to a coffee shop or park to write
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Go people watching for help creating characters.
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Work backwards! Ending first then middle then beginning
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Ten deep breaths always help
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Go online look for some writing prompts what people don’t know won’t hurt them.
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Write about a celebrity that you like!
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Re-write a comic
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Popular movies… great idea starter.
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Try, try again! A first draft is meant to be messy!
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