How to rid yourself of Writer’s Block
May 4th, 2018 by Bob Bly
Louis L’Amour, best-selling author of more than 100 books, had a
simple method for overcoming Writer’s Block.
I use it too and find it work well.
He said, “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow
until the faucet is turned on.
“You can sit and look at a page for a long time and nothing will
happen. Start writing and it will.”
If you look around, many of the most successful and productive
authors essentially used the same method to keep the juices and
words flowing.
Georges Simenon, author of over 500 books, said he used a small
vocabulary so he wouldn’t have to get up from his desk to consult
a dictionary. His goal was to keep his butt in the chair in front
of his typewriter and not be distracted by anything.
My personal writing hero, Isaac Asimov, also wrote more than 500
books. His secret? Asimov wrote 7 days a week, usually for 8 to
10 hours a day or more.
I remember Stephen King in an interview once saying he wrote
every day except Christmas and his birthday.
A common excuse for not writing is that the writer says he does
not feel inspired; the muse has not struck. To me this is the
height of absurdity.
In his book “On Writing Well,” William Zinsser said: “The
professional writer who waits for inspiration is fooling himself.
He is also going broke.”
Another writer — I think it was Joe Haldeman — put it this way
(and I am paraphrasing):
“The idea of not writing because you don’t feel like it is
ridiculous. If I work in the chicken plant, and I don’t feel like
going to the chicken plant, do I not go to the chicken plant? Of
course I go.”
You may not have the muse at your side, but write anyway.
Remember this old Caribbean saying: “Every day is not a catching
day, but every day is a fishing day.”
I also use another technique for never having Writer’s Block,
which Isaac Asimov advocated.
He said (and again, I am paraphrasing): “Always have multiple
projects. That way, when you get stuck on Project A, instead of
not being able to write, simply put it aside and move to Project
B, which keeps you fresh and energized.”
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