{"id":2467,"date":"2021-07-16T11:15:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T10:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?p=2467"},"modified":"2025-04-16T05:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T04:33:28","slug":"writers-block-why-it-doesnt-really-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?p=2467","title":{"rendered":"Writer’s Block – Why it doesn’t really exist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Writer\u2019s block \u2013 Why it doesn\u2019t really exist. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Writer\u2019s block is a dreadful affliction that catches us all at times. It\u2019s a moment in the life of an author where he sits before his monitor as it glows back at him and his mind goes blank. It then stays blank and stubbornly refuses to do anything more, or less, practical than keep his heart beating. At least, that\u2019s how it feels for me.<\/h6>
But, despite the very public nature of this condition, I firmly believe that it doesn\u2019t exist. It\u2019s like the Easter-Bunny, Santa Claus, or a trustworthy journalist. It\u2019s a fallacious premise used to mask an even uglier, darker truth.<\/h6>
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Writer\u2019s block, for want of a better word, to some degree afflicts us all. There will always come a time when our writing brain just refuses to keep going. It\u2019s usually the result of exhaustion or frustration, and that\u2019s entirely to be expected.<\/p>

What it feels like is staring at an empty monitor and finding the inside of your head just as empty. It\u2019s as if all the ideas in your head have rushed into a doorway and they\u2019re all getting stuck trying to force their way through. The net result of this is that nothing happens. Our brains run dry and we end up producing nothing more than a grating sound as we angrily grind away our own teeth.<\/p>

Tiredness is a contributing factor in most cases. A sad fact of our existence is that not many of us can afford to take the time to make writing our novels our main job. That means we\u2019re usually earning a living first and creating staggeringly inspiring works of literary genius second. Our waking lives are filled with dancing images, swirling around our minds in a dizzying array of characters, scenes and plot-lines. This isn\u2019t good for anyone\u2019s mental health.<\/p>

Working to earn a living, on top of working to build a future, is utterly exhausting, but that\u2019s the way it is. Sometimes enough is enough. Our brains want us to go away and do something else, ideally sleep for an entire month, waking only to shove grilled cheese into our mouths. This is a terrible affliction, but it isn\u2019t the dreaded \u2018writer\u2019s block\u2019 that is spoken of in legend. This is tiredness and we\u2019ve all had to cope with it. It doesn\u2019t matter if we\u2019re writing a report, preparing our work for the morning, or cleaning up after our kids. We\u2019ve all felt it and we all know there\u2019s a point where something has to give.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Writing is hard, writing a novel is even harder. If most people who tried it knew what they were going to be up against, they\u2019d probably give up and do something more personally rewarding \u2013 like working for the post office. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The second thing that can cause a writer to hit a metaphorical wall is frustration. Even the best-planned work will deviate from the course we set for it. Sometimes that deviation is perfect for the story, but the cause of much inconvenience for the writer.<\/p>

I recently worked on a book where a minor character become much more prominent than I had originally planned for him. I also realised his current position in the story needed to change. It was a minor shift in the story, but it made the finished work much better. The only problem was that it meant I had to go back through the entire work and alter every reference to him so that I could make the changes.<\/p>

It\u2019s not a pleasant feeling knowing that you have to re-edit an entire book for the benefit of a small detail, but that\u2019s sometimes exactly what you have to do. With writing, it\u2019s often not just one detail but many, and the growing pressure can feel like you need to step back and take time to breathe.<\/p>

That\u2019s absolutely understandable and I would recommend every author to take a moment to step away from their work under similar circumstances. Again, however, this isn\u2019t writer\u2019s block.<\/p>

When authors talk about \u2018writer\u2019s block\u2019, they\u2019re talking about the well running dry. It\u2019s a moment when they just can\u2019t continue with the work. The ideas have stopped flowing and something feels like it really is blocking any further progress. This is the real deal. Author\u2019s dread it, and it feels as real as catching the flu. But it isn\u2019t real, it\u2019s a fabrication and something far worse is lurking behind it.<\/p>

Even more sadly, if you are suffering from this then there really isn\u2019t a cure and, even worse, you might be facing some serious problems with the development of your work. But, on a lighter note, there is a preventative method to make sure you never suffer from it again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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An author is a lot like a rat in a maze, only with more caffeine, alcohol and self-loathing. A lot more\u2026<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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An author creating a novel is a bit like a rat in a maze. They slither and twist with every plot turn, every cautious reveal, every development of the characters and every embedded clue to the outcome of the story. But, like the proverbial rat, we can\u2019t see over the walls. We\u2019re blinded by the monumental work before us and we have only our wits to navigate us forwards to the end of the tale.<\/p>

So when writer\u2019s block really happens it\u2019s overwhelmingly because of one simple mistake we\u2019ve made, even if we don\u2019t like admitting the fact to ourselves.<\/p>

The problem is that we haven\u2019t planned our work properly.<\/p>

When we hit the wall and our brain stops furnishing us with new details, it\u2019s because the ideas have hit a blind alley. Your characters are no longer behaving rationally, you don\u2019t understand their motivation, the villain isn\u2019t interesting, the protagonist isn\u2019t engaging, the plot isn\u2019t working, or the setting doesn\u2019t hold your interest.<\/p>

We\u2019re navigating a maze with our eyes closed, and we\u2019ve wandered into a dead end. We\u2019re trapped and there is no further way forward.<\/p>

Novels take planning, serious hard planning, especially in the beginning when we\u2019re first learning our craft. There will always be lazy writers who tell everyone to \u2018just write\u2019, but that\u2019s an invitation to disaster. Writing takes time and effort and there\u2019s no way around that. If you\u2019ve failed to properly work out the novel in sufficient detail, then \u2018writer\u2019s block\u2019 is inevitable.<\/p>

Of course if you don\u2019t know what the characters are going to do, you won\u2019t know how to talk about them doing it. If you don\u2019t know what the ending is, how can you drive the action towards the climax? Insufficient preparation will be your undoing.<\/p>

How much preparation is enough? Well, that depends on you. As a new writer, there is no end to the amount of work you should put into your planning. As you get more proficient, you can certainly back off, at first, but you must take the development of your work very seriously. Some people need more than others and it\u2019s about finding out what works best for you.<\/p>

As my own skills have developed, I have tended towards planning less. I write fewer notes and allow more things to just happen than I used to. But, to counter that, I have a very strong idea of where the story is going before I put a single word onto a page. I develop my ideas very thoroughly, because I have learned what I need to do to make my work feel right.<\/p>

So what can you do if you\u2019re trapped in your maze and the worst has happened? Just like a rat, crawling through the twisting turns of an unforgiving puzzle, you have only one choice. You must back right up. You need to look seriously at why your story isn\u2019t working, and you have to unravel all of the mistakes you made so you can get yourself back on track. If you\u2019re very, very lucky then you might be able to salvage something from the work you\u2019ve done, but more often, you might find yourself having to abandon the project entirely.<\/p>

This is why so few writers ever complete their first work and it\u2019s why the right approach is to not get stuck in the first place.<\/p>

Plan your work out, get to know your characters, develop the plot, and fully understand the ending\u2014the very first sentence should be moving towards it. Perhaps even more importantly, you absolutely must understand the themes and the messages behind your story. That message, the reason you started writing in the first place, is what you need to keep you going when you have made a terrible mistake.<\/p>

Of course, we all fall into the trap sometimes. I\u2019ve screwed up and lost control of the odd plot more times than I can count, and I can count quite high. I\u2019ve had characters show up, in spite of them coming down with a case of being dead just a few short scenes earlier. I\u2019ve had plot situations develop and change so radically around the middle of a work, that the first 11 chapters have to be rewritten, from scratch. We all do it, and we always will.<\/p>

But remember that there is a very easy way to make sure you don\u2019t waste time on a novel that\u2019s never going to work. Put in the time first to develop it into a story worth telling. That\u2019s the best cure for writer\u2019s block, and helps guarantee you\u2019ll never suffer from it in the first place.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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