writers block

Well, it really depends on what your writing. I am not a writer but I do have a good imagination... so here are a few ideas Songs: The best of songs come from relationships and lessons learned in life. If you are having a problem writing songs you need to socialize with people and live life or visit past memories. If you decide to visit past memories be sure to mellow out and really soak in the emotions you remember. Once you find what really matters the words should flow right through you. School: If you are writing a project for school it is good to stick to the basics and the facts. Sometimes you just need to learn how to elaborate. Ex. Instead of saying "that dog ran across the street" you could say "the dog heard a noise across the street from inside the house, the dog quickly got up and..." just learn to 'milk' things Stories: If you are writing a story or novel re-read what you have recently read. Put yourself in that situation and really think about how that character would feel and what they would do next. Meditating is a good idea, in these cases you need to visualize. You could probably use little dolls or action figures and act out what your character would do next.

Here's a website which some of my friends have found to be a good place to get ideas/inspiration www.wefeelfine.org/patience.php I have no idea if that link is going to work so the site is called We Feel Fine . org If I feel like writing something just for the sake of writing, (ie with no particular idea to get out) then I start off by writing an imaginary scene that I would like to see or a situation I would find exciting to be involved in. It doesn't really matter what it is because it gets the ball rolling. Even a good line can do it. It's kind of like writing an interesting riff or progression, starting off with improvisation until a good idea appears, and then tagging it and following it through its natural progression. Physical activilties that work both hemispheres of the brain are good before a writing session too, if that doesn't sound too wanky. All of the good poets can juggle.

I had a horrible case of writer's block for almost a year after my husband and I separated. I was overwhelmed by life changes - the end of our marriage, big changes in my job, illness and loss among my family and friends, and learning to live alone for the first time ever. Funny, when everything in my life was going well, I'd always believed that suffering made one a better writer. For me, dealing with an overload of stress and emotional issues caused a massive case of writer's block. I don't know how I overcame it. I stopped trying to force myself to write. I focused on a journal where I just recorded my feelings and life events. I stopped worrying about whether or not what I was doing was "good writing" and just got words out, even if they made no sense. Still, I don't know if any of that helped. One day I just felt inspired, sat down, and started composing stories and articles again.