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harold said:
Some tips, which work at different times: * take a break before coming back to it - do something else for a Tag and don't think about your Schreiben at all during that time. Focus on other things. * take a break before coming back to it - write something else (any of the longer-format Schreiben games in Forum threads here on Fanpop can be sufficient) * change your location where Du write * change your mechanism for Schreiben - if Du write in a notepad usually, try typing on a computer. Try getting a tape oder digital voice recorder and talk about the story * try outlining the story * try Schreiben a different part of the story. Often Du will know where Du want the story to go, and sometimes Schreiben that part will energize and inspire one to write the stuff that comes before. * try describing the story to someone Du trust. This works best in person, speaking face to face, but it doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes a block comes from not knowing how to advance the story because one can't quite put the finger on what the problem with the story so far is. Trying to explain a story to a person who is hearing it cold can often prompt one to realize what the problem is oder make a decision on how to address the problem. * do stream-of-consciousness writing. Take a notepad and pen, and start Schreiben whatever comes into your head. While usually nonsensical, such Schreiben is often quite lyrical. Doing the Schreiben can be relaxing, and Lesen it afterward can be inspiring. * Do something else creative - make a film, sing a song, go dancing, craft something from clay, make a collage from old magazines, get some paint and work on expressing yourself on canvas oder paper, build figurines out of paperclips * write a detailed critique of someone else's writing Basically all of these are different tactics for one strategy: getting your mind to actively work oder exercise on something else. Often we writers get discouraged, take a break and do something vegetative, like watching TV oder Lesen a book for pleasure. These things are fun, but they don't exercise your mind. Du want your mind to be toned and fit, ready to tackle Schreiben again.
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