"I can't even write the word "The.'" - Very Frustrated Writer with Writers Block

Have you ever had writers block?

Here is how to banish writers block forever.

We have all had it at one time or another. The good news is that I have not had it for some time, and do not expect to ever get it again.

3 Stages of Writers Block

Let's take a look at the three stages of writers block and what to do about them.

Mild writers block

Mild writers block is when you just sort of feel uneasy as you approach the task of writing. You are not in the flow and it does not come particularly easy.

What to do - Write. And keep writing, because writing gets you in the flow and prevents any further writers block.

Moderate writers block

You definitely feel out of the flow. You can not seem to come up with any ideas. You begin to procrastinate about writing.

What to do - Set some short term writing goals for yourself. Go back and re-write something from the past, and jot down ideas that come up while you re-write that piece. Write a top 5, 7 or 10 list in your niche.

This is a good place to use some type of article writing system.

Severe writers block

As in the quote above, you believe you can't even write the word "the." You are stuck, and feel like you could not write if your life depended on it. Absolutely no ideas come to mind. This is painful.

What to do - Get up and walk away from it. Go do something completely different, especially something physical. You may want to take a look at what is going on in your emotional world, and take care of that.

This sounds kinda of weird, but it works - when you come back to write again, write about writers block.