THE 7-STEP PROCESS FOR Busting Writer’s Block
What follows are the concrete steps you can take, using your craft as a solution to being blocked, rather than bath bubbles, binge eating, or a marathon on Netflix. This is a process that illustrates how craft and technique are the writer’s salvation, not handcuffs of constriction or limitation. This process will always work to get you unblocked.
STEP 1
Figure out if you are dealing with a life problem or a creative-process problem. Remember, life problems can affect your writing, but they are not writer’s block. They are part of the 99.9 percent, and need to be handled, but you’re dealing with something bigger than just being creatively blocked. This process won’t help you. Go and get other help – talk to a friend, call your mother, get therapy. If, however, you’re clear this is a creative problem and not a bigger life issue, then move to the next step; you’re in the right place.