C.A. Larmer
Apart from fetching my fifth tea for the day, putting on another load of washing and checking Facebook, you mean?
I have two remedies for writer's block:
1. Just write. (Most people hate this one, as it sounds hard, and often is, but believe me, if you just open the page and start tapping, even if it's a load of old bollocks, doesn't matter, keep tapping, eventually something haf decent will come out. Trust me on that.)
2. Get a Scrapbook and replot. This may not work for everyone but I have found if the story is NOT gushing out like it normally does, it means the story is stuck (and probably crap). So I pull out my scrapbook and retweak the plot— perhaps the killer is too obvious? Perhaps a character needs more developing? I jot down ideas, I cross out old ones and I get the creative juices flowing. Then I go back to Step 1.
I have two remedies for writer's block:
1. Just write. (Most people hate this one, as it sounds hard, and often is, but believe me, if you just open the page and start tapping, even if it's a load of old bollocks, doesn't matter, keep tapping, eventually something haf decent will come out. Trust me on that.)
2. Get a Scrapbook and replot. This may not work for everyone but I have found if the story is NOT gushing out like it normally does, it means the story is stuck (and probably crap). So I pull out my scrapbook and retweak the plot— perhaps the killer is too obvious? Perhaps a character needs more developing? I jot down ideas, I cross out old ones and I get the creative juices flowing. Then I go back to Step 1.
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