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Sooner or later almost all writers find themselves unable to think creatively. The ideas stop coming, the enthusiasm wanes, the blank page (physical or metaphorical) becomes an insuperable obstacle, and the muse deserts them.
As long as you are not in the unfortunate position of working to a deadline, you might choose to take a break and hope that when you return to writing the flow of ideas will have resumed. Another trick is to switch projects or try to tackle a completely different style of writing - if a novelist write a short story or a factual article for a magazine - if a technical writer have a go at fiction. Try not to allow the block to become a source of despair which further stifles creativity - remind yourself that it will eventually pass.
If you are stuck for ideas, we have a number of writing tools on Blooki that are designed to re-kindle your creativity (see the section on Writing Tools for more information). In the film "Finding Forrester" a young writer is helped to overcome his block by taking the title and first paragraph of another writerņs essay and continuing it - although in the story this backfires!
Other short-term techniques are to go for a walk or some other non-deskbound activity or listen to some music or watch a film. If the subject of the film is related to the writing task this can be an advantage. Another approach is to start writing whatever words come into your head, stream-of-conciousness style, without worrying about whether it makes sense floor wigwam the flailing banana. |