11 Tips for Overcoming Writer's Block

1. Watch or read on a topic that is completely different from what you are writing.

2. Take a walk in nature. Try to find somewhere with views that make you feel small, but at the same time fill you a sense of wonder. By becoming speechless, we can listen to the world and absorb it what it is trying to teach us.

3. Go to a public place and observe human interactions/conversations. Don't be a creeper though.

4. Practice observing non-verbal communication on friends/family. They won't get think it's unusual for you to watch them.

5. Read your favorite authors. Something you have read before, so you can look at how it's written, rather than focusing on content.

6. Watch/read world news related to your subject. If you need to find something traumatizing to do to your character, there is nothing better than the real thing. The capacity for human cruelty is endless.

7. Take some time off to spend time with friends. Interesting conversations breathe ideas.

8. Talk to the elderly. They have a ton of untapped wisdom and experience.

9. Go back and edit/read what you have already written. Ideas can jump out at you from unexpected places.

10. Practice having conversations between characters that won't go into the novel. Normal, everyday conversations. Make up small anecdotes for them to tell. Then picture how each would respond (physically, emotionally, and verbally).

11. Use a writing prompt. Pinterest if full of them. It gets those creative juices flowing.

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