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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Karson Braaten The best way to deal with writer’s block is to focus on preventing it in the first place. I’ve found a few ways to do this. First, whether it’s a few …moreThe best way to deal with writer’s block is to focus on preventing it in the first place. I’ve found a few ways to do this. First, whether it’s a few hundred words or a thousand, write everyday. Sometimes even this will be a challenge. When I’m in the process of writing and I feel that I’m sputtering there are a few things that I’ll do:

* Physical activity - I’ll take a 15-20 minute walk, or do some pushups, jumping jacks or some form of physical activity. Then when I sit down to write again new ideas and different ways to solve the blocking problem come to me.
* Alcohol - I’ll take a shot of tequila or have a glass of wine. This tends to loosen me up and I’ll get more written down then I can go back later and edit it if necessary.
* Write nonsense - Sometimes I’ll just try writing my stream of consciousness and see if it gets me back on track.

Sometimes none of this helps. Sometimes I just take a break. I don’t beat myself up over it (usually!), I just go and do something else and forget about it then come back to it another day. Sometimes I’ll finish what I was blocked and sometimes I’ll even realize that I don’t connect with it anymore and throw it out.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Karson Braaten I’ve never really thought of myself as a writer. Even after self publishing my book I don’t tend to think of myself as an author (I’ll have to change …moreI’ve never really thought of myself as a writer. Even after self publishing my book I don’t tend to think of myself as an author (I’ll have to change that way of thinking) so I’m going to reword this question slightly:

“What’s the best thing about writing?”

There are two main reasons I enjoy writing.

1. Clarity of thought. Having to write down how I feel, why something is upsetting me, what I plan to do, forces me to make my ideas concrete. It helps get the junky thoughts out of my head because I realize they don’t make any sense when I try to write them. Once I have a finished post on the subject, only the meaningful thoughts remain (well, usually).
2. Help people. Every once in awhile someone will tell my that something they read helped them. I can’t express how happy it makes me to hear that. It motivates me to solve my problems in hopes that it will be able to help others.
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	Remember The Good Times: How I'm Overcoming My Cousin & Her Son's Murder 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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