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How to counter Writer’s Block

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 5, 2013 by Poonam Vaidya

Ideas flow like water. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, Sometimes not at all: they are stagnant. A writer’s block stems from the lack of (good) ideas. If you push at the waters, they will slip through your hands, and throwing stones only causes ripples, which subside eventually.

 

Many writers, through ‘‘hands’and stones’, try to continue the flow of words, coming up with insufficient results In most cases. However, if the writer, say- digs tunnels, makes water channels, and whatever alternate methods, he or she can get the water flowing. So my suggestion is—do something you’ve never done before. Bungee jumping, a night at the graveyard, a visit to an old age home, travelling to a new place—perhaps something specifically related to the place you are “stuck” at. These new experiences will surely trigger new thoughts, making the writer’s block a thing of the past.