Do You or Have You Ever Suffered from Writer's Block?

Writers block is a result of the wrong approach to a subject. As you say, the opposite effect has its moments, too. Don't know how long you've been writing, but an outtakes file is always handy. I've been writing something for a few years now. It's the first non-fiction book I've ever done, and I'm demanding that it's also my idea of a really good book. So an overflow file has resulted, keeping the extra stuff as a reference and not losing the material. Hope that's some help.

I've had writers block before. Mostly I just do a lot of typing or writing to help break it. I've found that writing through it helps. However, a lot of the time, I'm not going through writers block, I'm having problems with the motivation to actually sit and write.

Hey there, I can't imagine you ever having writers' block! Me, I love to write, but sometimes I do get the old blockage! lol

well what can i say about your this habbit, all will i say that try to control ur fingers... lol... by the way this habbit is great for u as a myLot member... start good discussion and u'll rewards worthwhile for ;)...

Yes I know what you mean you have to be in the mood to write and then it just flows, Yes I have suffered Writers Block before and that is when the words just will not come so I have to just go and relax or watch television and then the words come back to me.

good for you! i have been trying so hard to express my thoughts in to writing up til now still having hard time! it just amazes me how people can come up with really nice write up! my writer friend always tells me to just scribble down anything that comes in and just organize them later but still doesnt work for me...may be you can give some more tips...

I suffer from writers block all the time. It's not really so much writers block in the middle of the project, although that happens sometimes, but trying to come up with any ideas at all. I know ideas are everywhere, I just have a hard time corralling them.

I always do suffer from wrter's block here in Mylot there are times that I cant say what I want to say. There is something in my mind that I cant say and I think that is one kind of writers block I dont know if you will accept it as one but for me it is one kind of writers block.

I don't have so much of a block as excuses. Fear is the number reason for not writing - fear of success, fear of where the story will take us in our own past experiences that we may not be willing to get into quite yet. I am filled with excuses and distractions. A good books is A Writer's Book of Days by Judy Reeves. It has a writing prompt for every day of the year, and then some. It is very helpful. I have put together a whole story using prompts from that book and my writing group. It has taken quite awhile to patch them all together and put them in the right order and such but I think it is finally in place. I'm on the fifth edit and will probably have one or two more. When I absolutely have to write, I journal, or I write a poem. I don't want to start another novel until I finish the one I'm working on. Then I will have to go back and edit the first one as I have learned quite a bit since I wrote it. I've been writing a lot of short stories lately too because I took a short story workshop. Just write, let the words flow from your pen or fingers. Do not be afraid. And don't let the truth stand in the way of fiction.

Yes, I do suffer from it too. I get bored of doing posts after every week or two & must rest & do less of it for a few days.

i do have writer's block once in a while, usually when i have a deadline looming. but i get over it when i start reading. then the ideas come flowing in.

I sat down to write something but nothing has come to mind yet, so I will have to get back to you...

NaNoWriMo is a great training to prevent writer's block. I had been delaying my "start writing" moment for years. Then, I signed-up for NaNoWriMo (an event where you must write a 50K+ novel in one month), in order to test my determination. I reached the 50K goal in 25 days. However, the novel wasn't very good, but I actually wrote something. And I never blocked more than 15 minutes. I wrote the first thing that came to my mind, with no regrets, not looking what was behind. The result was a novel only semi-coherent, with lots of mistakes (word choice, structure) but the story itself came quite good. Even without an outline of some sort. The point is, I do believe writer's block can be overcome quite easily, especially in creative writing, by simply not procrastinating. It's like a musician playing some song. He needs to study, it's unlikely that the music will be perfect the first time he plays it. Just write what comes to your mind, until you reach the end of the idea. Then, simply revise what you did. Or better, write the whole article/chapter/etc. without looking back. Have no regrets in what you are writing. Word processors nowadays can easily replace or delete parts you don't like. A good book to read is On Writing, by Stephen King. It sure taught me a lot.

I have had my bouts with writer's block, but I always find a way to get passed it. I recently took a course that gave a few more tools. Most days it flows like water but once in a while I hit a wall.

I am also a writer...and I have experienced writer's block. I hate it too...Then there are times like you described when I can just sit down and write...and write. It is weird. Anyway..if you want to talk feel free to contact me.

I write music so I have had writers block many times. What I do when I get is just simply leave the music alone for a while and let the writing come back to me naturally. Either that or I watch or listen to something that I find inspiring and hope it can spark some ideas.

I find that I get my inspiration for writing when I'm sad. For some strange reasons, I can sit and sing out a chapter or two. If nothing negative is going on in my life then my brain does not get quiet enough for me to think, least of all to write. Maybe I suffer from a permanent state of writer's block?

Yes, I've suffered from writer's block--because sometimes you struggle with now what to say, but rather how to say it. It does take some discipline to free-write as you describe, and any who'll apply themselves can do that. However, it matters how you define writers block, and on whether or not you are drafting something, or trying to instantly produce a masterpiece.

i suffer from writers block on occasion.but i normally write about it to get throught it. i think its trying to write out of wanting to write instead of writting out of passion and insporation but thats just my opinion

I unfortunately am suffering from writers block this very moment [not on this site obviously, but in my works very much so]; I have the ideas, the visual representation of what I want to say but the words never seem to come and I always end up my alterations and additions. It may be due to the fact I'm really concise when I describe always seem to fall short of targets and 'over-writing' has never been an issue for me.