I never thought writing a query letter would be this annoying. Though it's not the actual letter itself that's giving me problems. It's the last paragraph. The one where I'm supposed to be like HEY MY NAME IS CAROLINE I'M COOL CHOOSE MY BOOK. Not that easy when I'm a TEENAGER writing and have NO qualifications whatsoever! Urgh. But on a bright note, I think I'm sending out my first submission or whatever to an agent today. I would send out more, but the rest of them require a query letter. Which I'm not done with.
Anyway today's topic of discussion is HOW TO CONQUER MY MOST EVIL NEMESIS MISTER WRITERS BLOCK!!!!!!!! Since of course he's not only MY nemesis, but basically every single human being who has ever tried to write something ever's evil nemesis as well. Ahem anyway.
Here are a few tips of mine that I'd like to share when someone who is writing a novel or a story or something has a run in with the evil demon.
1. Write something else. It doesn't matter what it is. Another story, an entry in your diary, poetry, WHATEVER. The more you write, the better you'll get at it. And writing other things can help teach you about your writing, which can help you with your story or book. As long as you're writing something.
2. Maybe the reason you're having writer's block is because you don't know what's going to happen next from the particular scene you're at. I mean, you know what's happening EVENTUALLY, but you don't know how to get out of THIS SCENE. Happens to me all the time. And you know what I do when that happens? I skip ahead. Yeah I know, some people hate skipping ahead. They think they have to write every single thing in order. But sometimes it helps. It'll soothe your nerves, because at least you're writing your book. And honestly, you can fill in the blanks later. My story had sooooo many blanks that I would just go back and fill in. And believe me, it's so much easier to fill in blanks than to stare at the wide expanse of emptiness and wish the damn thing would write itself.
3. Breathe fresh air! Don't watch tv for 4 hours or go on facebook for the whole night. Go outside! Take a walk! Clear your head! I know it sounds stupid, but clearing your head is really, really helpful, for just about any problem you might be having. If it's winter and it's cold so you don't want to take a walk, which I can understand since I live in New York, a very confused city whose weather got mixed up with Canada's this year, then meditate or something. And if you're not a meditating type of person or you don't feel like braving the cold, then do something else that will help you clear your head. Take a bubble bath! Just do something else!
4. Read! Because according to Captain Obvious, reading helps you with writing. And let's be honest. Almost all writers are inspired in some way at some point in time by something they have READ.
I'm sure there are other ways to combat writer's block. If you can think of anything else you should COMMENT. Of course I doubt anyone WILL comment, but I might as well suggest it, because we all must band together so we can defeat the evil demon of writer's block!!!!!!!! JOIN THE CAUSE!
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