Mostly everyone on this site has either had or heard of a “Writer’s Block”. But what exactly is it, and what can be done for it is not widely known.

Now you all may ask me “Who are you? And what authority do you have to be talking about this topic?”

Well as an author in the making and someone who has had 5-6 instances of writer’s block in a day but still managed to write a chapter in the end, I believe I do have some experience with it.

Now on to the main topics.

1.Writer’s Block: What is it?

It is a block of flesh made of a writer’s body parts…

Just kidding. It is a block of neural fluids extracted from authors…

All jokes aside, writer’s block is a symptom of up and coming writers (and even established ones) making them either unable to write an existing idea/inspiration in their heads come up with an idea/inspiration to write.

Now, why does it occur? Well… it’s not that straightforward.

It can be because of many reasons which could be compounded on to each other, but a few of the main reasons are:

* They simply burn out. I have seen a few novels on RRL that have posted a bunch of 15-20 chapters a day and done, that’s it. No more updates. They have written so much in one session that it simply burns out any motivation the writer has to follow up on their work later.

* They are stressed out or are physically unable to write due to IRL. IRL can be a pain in the ass. Yeah you heard right, readers, writers do have a “Real Life”. We are people too! Sometimes writers face certain situations in their real life that prevent them from writing.

* The HUUUUGGGEEE chaos that occurs once in a while in the writer’s mind (multiple ones for me). There are just too many random, weird ass ideas to focus on your work. These ideas come from reading other fictions, reading mangas (and their fanfiction), watching anime, watching serials, comedy soaps, etc. Now this clutter of chaotic thoughts is difficult to sift through and can take from a few days to weeks to resolve.

* The last reason I will discuss (there are many more but i consider them minor) is what I call “I-have-an-idea-but-I’m-too-stupid/lazy-to-put-it-into-actual-words” kind of writer’s block. It is simple and elegant. We have inspiration but just can’t seem to form the correct words, or portray a scene the way we want to. Now this is getting kinda personal for me (and for many other authors who actively read mangas or watch anime). You see we have a whole book/game/anime-series worth of ideas waiting to be written but are unable to form proper words. We can’t portray what we wish as much as we want to. We can’t think of ways to make it more intriguing or enticing for you all to read. You see what I am getting at? Oh, and we can be lazy potato-couch slobs sometimes (Hey! Don’t Judge us ok?).

These reasons might have given a few hints about what writer’s block really is about. Now I would like to jump at the meat of this article: “CAN WE EAT THE BLOCK OF WRITERS?”

My answer: Absolutely! But you would be a cannibal! And maybe a felon and murderer as well…

(You can see my mind is really the best and the brightest place to be…Not chaotic at all….)

Moving on to the real topic of discussion; how to get rid of it.

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Now you are all wondering (probably not, since you’re just wondering when this shitty article will end) how is a lazy slob with such a chaotic mind going to help our favorite author-sama’s get over their writer’s block? To that I say…Well I don’t know what to say, but fuck it I am just going to write it anyways.

2. Getting over your Writer’s Block

It is simple really, just walk or jump over it… It is a fucking block. How big can it be? Even if it is big, just go around it. This isn’t a pokemon game where you can’t go around that Snorlax without a pokeflute.

Enough delusions mind, let’s get back. Ok with that out of my system here are a few ways to overcome Writer’s Block:

* CAFFEINE. That’s it. Plain and simple. Get loaded with coffee/red-bull/monster-energy or whatnot to get some good ol’ caffeine pumpin in yer system.

* Taking a nice walk in a fresh green park. Really it may sound a bit cheesy and cliche. But it actually does help and work. Maybe a bit of a jog or some running helps too.

* Music. Put on some headphone/earphones ( I recommend headphones because they are more comfortable and for music therapy to work you need at least 30-45 minutes of music for it to even start working for you) and listen to whatever floats your boat (not a song). But make sure your volume isn’t all the way up. And just go into a trance like state to calm your mind and get rid of all those chaotic thoughts. I have seen that jogging with music helps too, and if you have some EDM and are jogging it can sometimes inspire you in your work. Eg. Stampede (a song) helped me to get inspiration for a later chapter in my work. Now it may not work for all, but I’m not selling shit so I don’t give guarantees. Fuck you all. Just kidding, I love you all (please read my work please T_T).

* MOAAARREEE CAFFEEIIINNEEE.

* If you are stuck on a small block (aka feeling burnout) go sleep or take a power nap. It refreshes your mind and puts you back to your optimal condition.

* Get help. I mean seriously drop whatever you are doing now (probably reading this so I ask you to read the whole article first) and seek psychiatric help, you psychotic crazy mofo. Just kidding, that shit is reserved for the crazies and depressed suicidal shits like me. By help I mean a third party, either your friends, parents, siblings, fellow authors, WriTE community (that’s why it was made in the first place for god’s sake) and any other third parties you can think of (Christmas party? New Year’s Party? Forget it)

* Did I mention Caffeine?

* Taking a bath. Not gonna explain that shit. Just do it you stinky lazy nerd.

* Caffeine?

* Time. You know what they say (I’ve been curious my whole life who “they” are) “Time is the best healing factor.” Seriously. Take a small vacation. Let your readers know that you are doing so. Everyone appreciates when you let everyone know (Even though I don’t) that you are taking a small break and they will show their appreciation in the comments. (Even the haters will show their “Tough love” appreciation. Just take it as that)

* More caffeine. I mean stop only when your blood is in less quantity than caffeine. Or you are dead, whichever comes first.

* Write it out. This is more for the chaotic thoughts and ideas. Just take a piece of paper and a pen (for those with laptops like me use Word or Google Docs) and write the thoughts out in a story, amalgamation of ideas and strings, One-shots, chaotic scribbling etc. Taking out your pent-up frustrations and writing all that dark crazy psychotic shit down. Then just destroy that paper/file without reading, unless you think that you wrote a masterpiece then go ahead and publish that stupid shit.

* Drawing, Scribbling, Solving Puzzles; basically anything that can stop your thinking process (maybe like a coma) and relaxes you (Oh shit then no coma).

* Oh and lastly CAAFFFEEEIINNEEEEE. Don’t you fucking dare forget this point. This shit is more important than your life (Probably not).

I think that will help you overcome or reduce your writer’s block. I hope it does, and revive some of the good works that are nestling inside the deepest and darkest corner of your mind behind all that porn, anime, and junk in there (I probably have the worst chaotic mind ever).

If you have any doubts or problems, go bother some other person from WriTE. I ain’t got all day and this is their main job (I am also from WriTE… Oh crap).