3 Tips for Writer's Block

Tired of writer's block slowing your writing down? Me too. Nothing is more frustrating than feeling creatively stuck. Don’t get dragged down for days or weeks from writing your story. Instead, try these 3 tips for writer’s block that are guaranteed to help get you out of your slump. 

  1. Change the Scenery 

  2. Imagine with Music

  3. Take a Break

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Change the Scenery

Sometimes all you need to spice up your mindset is a change of scenery. Venture off to a coffee shop or your local library and get an hour or more of uninterrupted writing time. Sometimes surrounding yourself with books and other people working can motivate you. If anything, it will get you away from distractions at your regular home office.

Bonus tip: Don't connect to any internet (if you can). Use your writing software without it so you aren't pulled into the vortex of the web.

Imagine with Music

One magical tip to separate your racing thoughts from creativity is to put on giant headphones and imagine. Listen to any ambient or classical music and let your imagination carry your ideas. The rhythms of the music serenade your thinking brain and allow your mind to play. The music will slow your thoughts. Here, word count doesn't exist. Shut your eyes and let your imagination wander. This technique is something lost within our 21st-century speed living. Stillness and imagination are wildly productive. For years, we integrated them into our lives as kids, and we still have the capability to do so. Speaking from experience, this tip is EXTREMELY useful. It actually sparked a short story and helped me create a voice within that piece.

Take a Break

If none of these tools above are working for you then take a break. Step away from your project for 30 minutes, an hour, or an evening. Get outside and go for a walk. Listen to the world around you and breathe.

If that still doesn't work for you then take a break by focusing on other tasks. Cook, clean, work out, take a shower, or do any other physical activity because it will get you out of your head. When I'm involved in a task using my hands, the action is grounding me, and separating me from an overthinking brain.

These 3 tips for writer's block are going to get you out of a slump. I've used them, so I know at least one technique will help you. Comment below and tell me if any of these tips worked for you!

Serena Montoya

Serena is the founder and owner of Humming Hearts Publishing, LLC. She’s also a writer, editor, and filmmaker.

Serena specializes in developmental editing for fiction, memoir, poetry, magical realism, YA, fantasy, sci-fi, and children’s books.

Read her fiction, here.

Read Serena’s published clips with city lifestyle magazines: Parker and Highlands Ranch.

Serena also co-produced, and was the assistant director for the same forthcoming feature film alongside Alex Graff.

https://www.hummingheartspublishing.com/aboutus
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