Featured: The New Cure

A lot (and I mean a lot) of people try to cure Writer's Block with simple remedies such as listening to music or relaxing. Although some of those methods may be effective, I may have come up with a brand-spanking new way to overcome the oh-so threatening block.

We all know the feeling, sitting in front of a computer screen with your fingers on the keyboard—but you can't get words to appear on the screen. You were doing so well an hour ago—you have your outlines beside you and everything. Maybe you need a break, and maybe some music can help. Another hour passes and you still can't come up with something else. How long can this take? Days? Weeks? Years? That's the dreaded thought. I have a method to cure this.

The Method

Have you ever thought that you're not the cause of the block, and that your story is the culprit? Well, in some cases, this is true. This new cure takes on a new look than most others; going around the block, not through it.

You should try to re-plan the part in your story that you're at; maybe you're not used to working in this state in the story — normal, everyday life, or action-packed and exciting. I have this issue a lot. You should try to work around the block by erasing it and taking a new look at the possibilities. Make something new happen, something different. Innovate your writing life instead of sitting in front of the small wall on the road. You look to your right and you have a way out, same thing with your left. Try taking these routes rather than any other route. Do you know about the butterfly effect? The same principals go for the present time, in this case, writing. This block can mean the end of your writing career or the beginning of a best-selling series like The Hunger Games. So, you should just rethink this part in the story — rethink your destination on your trip or the route you take. Heck, by doing so you may be able to win NaNoWriMo!

There's no specific way of doing this, and everyone will have a different take on it, so I'm not going to give you a crash-course in doing this. You go your own way.

Mail me a copy of your NaNoWriMo novel!

Edited by Ash Ketchum; and whomping willow..