Get Rid of Writer's Block with These Unique Tips

Writers can get blocked up just like any other thing-a sink, a toilet. There is just too many idea coming in, and nothing coherent flushing back out. If you are a fiction writer that is struggling to keep up with the daily grind of your work, you will want to check out the following tips for getting out of your funk and back to writing the next great masterpiece.

Listen to your favorite songs-pull a line, story, or character from the lyrics

This is often a really simple idea that can help a writer without putting too much pressure on getting back at the writing desk. All you have to do is put a CD in, listen to your iPod as you tackle housework, or hum the tunes your recognize coming from all around you at the mall. Then, take the song and play with it. Is there a great line in the song that you can run with? How about a beautifully flawed character that you can work with? It doesn't matter if the idea follows the plot in the song. The main purpose is to get writing again.

Write about your day to see if anything stands out

This may seem simple and mundane, but it gets you to pick up your pen and write. Write about what you did, what was funny that the kids said. Even if you write it in a diary or journal, you can work with any ideas that come along. Maybe your kids are begging you to buy them a dog. Take this and write a story about it. What is the worst thing that could happen if you buy them that dog? What's the best? Explore these ideas. Even if you get a really silly story out of it, the idea still make work in revisions.

March your favorite TV/movie/book characters off on an adventure

Most fiction writers get very sensitive when it comes to their favorite characters. This is because most people are offended that any true writer would want to dabble in the realms of fan fiction, but as long as you are not intending to publish it online, there is no reason that you cannot take your favorite character and put them into a situation that they have never been in before. Take this character and put them completely out of their element. What would they do? How could they help save a city from an evil creature? Could they possibly fall in love? The whole idea is to get writing again. If you hate what you have written the next morning, by all means hand it over to your shredder.

Read a genre your have never touched before

This is always a favorite of writers. If you are a hopeless romantic, stuck as to where your characters will get together next, you can always take yourself out of the romantic mode and pick up a sci-fi or political novel. Even if you have never read one of these particular genres before, you will see that getting into a different setting a having a different perspective is sometimes all it takes to get back into your own writing again.

Take photographs, and go from there

This tip can actually work in a variety of ways. You can take photos, paint, draw, etc. Instead of writing what you want to visualize, turn this into a visual project. Can't get your character from point A to point B? Draw them a map. Maybe it is as simple as not knowing what their bedroom really feels like. Take out a ruler and a pencil and draw out there bedroom. Put in their bed, the nightstand, and where any other furniture would be placed. This can help you to better understand your character and why they keep stubbing their toe on the bed when they wake up every morning.

These are just a few tips that help to break the monotony of writer's block. You are always welcome to still use to those conventional writing prompts you got in school, free writing, and other forms of forced writing, but remember that the only way you can move past a block is to just keep writing.