After having a scour of the internet I found Reddit. Now obviously I had heard of Reddit before, I knew what it was but I had never looked properly at it... was I missing out!
Reddit is literally the home of the internet it's like the hub in a game everything you can possibly think of it on there. I now have a few chat buddies I'm talking to online and there is some really useful threads on there such as /r/writingprompts. This thread gives a topic and you write about sounds simple right? Well yes it is simple but it is really helpful when you are having a writers block. It is something you can do to clear your mind, forget about the novel you are writing and focus your energy on something small and new for a few minutes. For an accomplished writer it probably wouldn't take more than few minutes, but because you are thinking of something else even if it is only for a small amount of time it allows your brain to relax, your creative thoughts flow and your fingers to fly over the keyboard.
I will admit I am having a small amount of writer's block at the moment which is extremely unusual for me and what is helping is writing this blog post. I can relax and let my fingers take over.
There are many other things that people do to try and alleviate writer's block:
- Go for a walk
- Read another book
- Watch a TV program
- Walk around the house
- Brainstorming
The creativity and ideas are in that wonderful writer's brain of yours you just have to let the juices flow! Share your thoughts on writer's block in the comments I know it is something every writer has had to deal with at least once.
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