Three Ways to Obliterate Writer's Block | Copywriting

By RayEdwards
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Let's get one thing straight right up front: I don't believe there is such a thing as Writer's Block. I believe it is a mythological beast that we've created. In reality, there's only a state called "not writing".

After all, have you ever heard of a pilot boarding a plane and telling the passengers and crew, "We're not going to be flying today, because I'm suffering a terrible case of Pilot's Block"? Of course not. It's the same for writers. It just may be that you just don't feel like writing today.

What we call "writer's block" is merely resistance to writing. Today's resource is a book called The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. It is a very powerful book, especially if you're a writer. I strongly recommend you get it.

I've got some suggestions and tips that will help you break through your resistance. Aren't you ready to get writing again?

Here are three ways you can dissolve this resistance, and start writing:

Just write SOMETHING. It doesn't matter what. Write a grocery list, scribble a note to your mom, even fill out a card for a friend. No, I'm not kidding. Write anything, but just write. If you just write something, the simple act of writing can often cut through writer's block.

Change your emotional state using tips from Tony Robbins. Pay attention to your focus, physiology, and language.

Focus - You can choose to focus on the positive, or you can focus on the negative. If you constantly focus on your writer's block, that mythical beast will grow and grow. If you ignore the beast, it shrinks. So find something positive to focus on - your health, your family, or anything that brings you joy. Even if you're not writing, you can choose to focus on reading up on your next project. Find something positive!

Physiology - Your body language affects your mood. If you are slumped over your keyboard, the very picture of defeat, you will feel defeated. Instead, sit up straight, take a few deep breaths, relax your shoulders, and get ready to write, write, write. Just try it - it works!

Language - The meaning you give to the situation. If, internally, you are thinking that Writer's Block means, "I'm lazy; I can never sit down and write; I don't have the discipline; this proves how lazy I am." If these are the signals you are sending to your brain, change your language! Talk to yourself in a way that encourages yourself to write. Understand that the fact that you are experiencing so-called Writer's Block doesn't mean you are lazy, it just means you are encountering resistance. Now you've learned some techniques in this article to overcome this resistance. Rejoice! You know how to overcome it now!

Write about why you're not writing. Get out your journal, or a legal pad, or your computer and start journaling about why you are not writing. Maybe you didn't get enough sleep, maybe you had an argument with your significant other...it doesn't matter. Just start writing about why you're not writing. In my experience, once you get those thoughts out on paper, you realize how ridiculous they are, you start to laugh, and you find that Writer's Block is gone.

Do these tips really work? Yes, they do, but only because writer's block never really existed in the first place!

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