Coping with writer's block

I also have writer's block. I haven't written in years. My husband tries but is not the type of encouragment I need. I find writing on Helium is really helping me. I try to write at least one article per day. My name on Helium is also gishpar. You say you focus on subjects you are passionate about but there is not a market for this writing. Then look at what you are writing and ask yourself if you can change it to fit a paying market. Could you break this writing into parts and put pictures with it and sell it? Could you turn your passionate subjects into paying jobs by using them as steps into articles or how-to's? You might try putting them all together and publish it into a small book and sell it yourself. You are right, though, you need to write every day and these web sites like MyLot and Helium are better than not writing at all. Keep writing, your reward will come.

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By participating in this site can keep you typing and your mind working. You can lose yourself in the responding aspect and make some pocket money and jump start yourself into an article or two. You could always do some discussion on a topic and let some of us help you to flesh it out so to speak. I wish you luck in this endeavor. Happy writing!

it sounds like you need to relax lol but yes i agree with you, writing in here is better than no writing at all...i recently got a part time job and havent published anything for awhile just because i have no time and the writing jobs that i have come across ask for a bigger commitment than i am willing to or can possibly make...sooooooo... but when i was writing articles, i would get my mind off of what i was writing for about 5 minutes, by chatting online to a friend or looking up something that was totally unrelated to what i was writing about and then when i went back, i usually had the word i was trying to think of or a fresh idea...

Oh my goodness can I ever relate to this. I've been experiencing a terrible episode of writer's block lately, but I blame it on trying to work, raise kids and attend college full-time. These factors seperate are pretty easy to live with, but it's challenging my mind a great deal when they're all together. How have I been coping? My paper journal has been my best friend. I write in it ALL the time - literally. I describe life, what's going on around me, plans, to-do lists, conversations, goals and so on. I find that, the more I write in there, the easier it is to get my assignments for work and school completed. Another suggestion would be to head to the library or bookstore and pick up a copy of Jenna Glatzer's Outwitting Writer's Block and Other Problems of the Pen. I started using this book the day it was released and it's been my "Bible" of sorts when it comes to ridding myself of this horrible thing. I hope this helps! (I've also found talking on here endlessly helps me batter writer's block, too. ::smiles::)

When I have writers block, I look for writing prompts. THere's a site online that I've visited a few times, I think it's writingprompt.com or something like that, I've used a few of the prompts there, just to get the juices flowing. As for writing paid content, I have a block in that area, but I haven't figured out how to get past it yet. I just can't come up with anything that I think would be worth writing on.

Maybe you're too focused on your writing. Get out once in a while, try to visit old friends or try new things. We usually have writer's block because we have become too stagnant.