4 TYPES OF WRITER'S BLOCK - AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM!
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Someone recently asked me the question; how do you deal with writer's block? As I thought about it I realised that not all writer's block is the same. In fact, I managed to identify four different types – each of which I would combat in a different way.
So, what are they? And how do we deal with them?
TYPE 1: THE LAZIES!
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The first type of writer's block I'm calling 'the lazys'. The key thing about this type of writer's block is that it's not really writer's block at all. It's basically us just being lazy! It's when we're procrastinating, watching tv, cleaning the fridge, re-organising our sock drawer...basically doing anything BUT writing!
I thought it was worth including because sometimes we mistake that reluctance to actually sit down at our laptops as writer's block.
So, what's the solution?!
Solution: Write! Sit yourself down at your laptop / notebook and write!
One thing that I've found helpful, especially when I was trying to juggle writing with a full-time job, was scheduling a particular chunk of time every week to write. I would get bits of writing done during the week in the spare moments I had - but Sunday, from noon onwards, was my writing time. I would make no other plans for this period of time (and my partner knew he was in trouble if he disturbed me during this period!). And so, without fail, every Sunday I'd sit myself in front of my laptop, and I wouldn't allow myself to do anything else until words were on the paper.
TYPE 2: THE OVERWHELMEES!
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