Sometimes the writing just seems to flow as if by magic, but then the flow stops cold. You may be thinking, “All this advice is good, but sometimes I just get stuck! What I normally do just isn’t working!” That’s a familiar feeling for all writers. Overcoming Writing Anxiety and Writer’s Block “Overcoming Obstacles” by The U.S. An extra 10 for every story inspired in a similar way, that you actually wrote.Dealing with Obstacles and Developing Good Habits Give yourself 10 points if this kind of thing has happened to you. Sometimes I just want to LIVE something without putting it into words. So if you’ve found yourself sitting among the wreckage, thinking up titles for this period of your life, then, I’m both afraid and proud to say – You, my friend, are a writer! It’s a blessing and a curse. But I thought again and ended up with my Guide Through Grief instead. “Of Milk and Blood” I thought was pretty good. The day my infant son died, I found myself sitting on the loo thinking about how I could ever write this terrible story. If, in the midst of some life drama, turmoil, blessing or tragedy you find yourself searching for the words to describe it, then you are unmistakably a writer. You FIND YOURSELF WRITING YOUR LIFE WHILE YOU’RE LIVING IT! This is a sure sign you’re a writer.Give yourself an extra 5 for every story you’ve written from these prompts. I was born the year after my brother who died the day he was born.” It was so strong I still remember it! Do you daydream in stories? Do characters tap you on the shoulder and demand to be heard, to have you write them into being? Give yourself 5 points if any of these nerdy, wordy visitations have happened to you. Do you remember your dreams and think, now THAT would make a great story! Do you wake up with the beginnings of stories in your head, with sentences, maybe whole paragraphs already formed? I woke up once with this: “My name is Condolezia, but I don’t speak Spanish. You DREAM IN STORIES or WAKE UP with story lines fully formed, or a CHARACTER wanting to be written.If you’ve started writing these stories down, give yourself an extra point for every story you’ve started and an extra 5 for every story you’ve finished. Are you trying to find a way to tell this story in a way that adds meaning to the random events of life? If so give yourself 5 points. When you are remembering events from the past, do you find yourself writing the memory in your head? Are you forming a story with words rather than images, or images and words together. An extra 5 if you’ve kept a diary for over a year. Not keeping a diary? Do you write long letters, or emails or blog posts? Do you write to make sense of things? Write to bear witness? Does the act of writing give you pleasure? Does writing soothe you? Do you find comfort in shaping words into sentences and sentences into paragraphs? Give yourself 5 points if you write regularly. Do you have a diary or journal you’ve been keeping for years? That’s a sure sign of a writer and the best way I know to develop your unique writing voice. We’re always thinking, “How did the author DO that?” Give yourself one point for every book in your pile. Not only that, when writers read we’re always looking at how the book is written, especially books we love.
Reading is your safe place and your sanctuary. Is your bedside table, floor, desk covered in books half-read and to be read? Writers read voraciously and widely.
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