Violet Lumani
With knitting, sometimes you don't realize something went awry a few stitches back until you stand back and look at the thing you're creating. So you have to pull some of the work you just did apart in order to move forward. That's what writing yourself into a corner, and getting yourself out of it, feels like.
What I'd tell someone with writer's block is: backtrack a few scenes or chapters and see if you observe a new or different way forward. Or go back and rewrite a past scene from memory and see if something sparks. Or write a future scene even if you don't know what is going to happen with it. Transcribe War and Peace if you have to. Just never stop writing. Writer's paralysis is the enemy.
What I'd tell someone with writer's block is: backtrack a few scenes or chapters and see if you observe a new or different way forward. Or go back and rewrite a past scene from memory and see if something sparks. Or write a future scene even if you don't know what is going to happen with it. Transcribe War and Peace if you have to. Just never stop writing. Writer's paralysis is the enemy.
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