How to Write Yourself Out of Writer's Block: You, Writer's Block and Brainstorming Techniques

A writer’s road can have many different roadblocks. Looking for answers you ask yourself, what can you do to write yourself out of writer’s block?  

The article, “Top 10 tips for overcoming writer’s block” offers some serious suggestions.

Brainstorming is one way to write yourself out of writer’s block. Begin by asking yourself what you would do if you were travelling down any road in life and encountered a roadblock. Remember that roadblocks are there for a reason, one of which is for your personal protection and safety.

Perhaps your mind is putting up some kind of a roadblock in your writing career, because you are heading into burnout as a writer. Maybe you are working too hard. Perhaps you need a new perspective on life and relief from the stress you are encountering.       

Maybe it is not a roadblock at all, rather just a block. Draw a mental image of that block. It is likely to be square or rectangular, of any size and color. Now use your creative imagination.

Are you a ghostwriter? Perhaps you might walk right through the block. Ghosts do that quite easily, all the time.   

Put on your writer’s wings. If you can fly, you will be able to soar above the block.  

Ask yourself if that block is real. Remember that writer’s block does not exist, or so they say. Look at it as if it is not real, merely a figment of your imagination. Tell yourself “I have an imaginary writer’s block, not a real one.” (They may not exist either.)

How large is it? Try some magic. Say abracadabra, as you shrink the block down to manageable size and watch it disappear. If you reduce it to the size and weight of a feather, it may blow away in the wind.

For those who are athletic, jump over the block or better still, jump on top of it. Squash it down to the size of a Rubic’s cube and step over it. If you reduce it even more, to the size of a pea or a mustard seed, there is no way that it can block your writing passageway.

Recycling works for blocks that children outgrow. Do you still have those childhood blocks? Those were great for building, were they not? It may be time to pass them on to the next generation.

You might have better luck going to the left or the right of the block. In other words, a change in direction around the block might be the detour you need.    

Is there the possibility of digging down and crawling under the block? Burrow down deep enough to create a long passageway and you will find a way to crawl under it. 

Look at the block and keep staring at it until it gets embarrassed and shrinks out of sight in shame.  

In your mind’s eye, paint pictures on your block. Try a happy face or creative genius animation with it.

Regardless of whether you have encountered a roadblock in your writing career or a block, it may be time to invite your creative imagination to come in to play.

Linking words using brainstorming techniques fires up the imagination and creates new pathways. So what if they seem ridiculous? If they trigger your creativity, then you will have accomplished your goal and have written yourself out of writer’s block, regardless of whether it is a roadblock or a block.