Ian Wishart
There are two answers to this question. If it's non-fiction, sit down with a cup of coffee, review your notes and find an ingredient of the story you are passionate about and write about that. Once your engine is revving, the writing takes care of itself. I'm a bit like a cat kneading a cushion...it takes me a while to get into writing mode but then it's all go.
If it is fiction, then pre-planning your story skeleton plays a big role in avoiding writer's block. As I teach in my writing mentoring webinars...if you know what your core story is before you actually start writing, then filling in the twists and turns between beginning and end is much easier and more fun, because you know your destination. Writer's block is much more prone to hit when you start writing "Once upon a time" and then find yourself thinking, "what then?". My advice? Identify your story, write a paragraph describing that story and stick it on the wall to remind you every time you glance up from the keyboard with a blank stare...
If it is fiction, then pre-planning your story skeleton plays a big role in avoiding writer's block. As I teach in my writing mentoring webinars...if you know what your core story is before you actually start writing, then filling in the twists and turns between beginning and end is much easier and more fun, because you know your destination. Writer's block is much more prone to hit when you start writing "Once upon a time" and then find yourself thinking, "what then?". My advice? Identify your story, write a paragraph describing that story and stick it on the wall to remind you every time you glance up from the keyboard with a blank stare...
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