Sunday, January 10, 2016

Writers Block

This Article/Video was about tips to tackle writers block. The first tip is for people who can't think of ideas and take forever to finish scripts. He explains how this is really just procrastination and the best thing to do is pick a date and keep to a schedule. Next he gives tips on people who can't stick to an idea and think of too many ideas at once. The best thing to do in this situation is to pick one idea and stick to it. Another tip he gives is to write a list about all the reasons of which you like about this idea and why you're doing it. Next is about what to do when you run out of ideas for a certain topic. Some tips on that are to write about something else completely. Another way is to change it up by maybe changing the way you're writing, like how and where. Also writing about certain characters could help a lot. Exploring you're characters past and following them around is a great way to help add to your main story. Another thing is that you can add a big new situation for your characters to overcome. Force them to act and shake up the story. And the final point given is to stop shutting down every idea you have and not let you're inner editor keep coming through. You can't write and edit at the same time or you'll never get anything written.
I thought this was a very helpful video and it even somewhat inspired me to write more. I think he gave a lot of great tips like to set a schedule and to not shut out every idea you have.

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