: Re: Help! I've got Writer's Block I really want to write, but as soon as I sit down and set pen to paper, my mind goes blank. I can't think of anything to write. Sometimes I stare at my screen

@Samaraweera193

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This "one weird trick" is from the book REST by Alex Soojoung. It may sound odd, but it has increased my writing productivity, and eliminated my writer's block more than anything else I've ever tried.

Write at the time OPPOSITE to your natural rhythms. If you are a night owl, get up an hour early in the morning and write. If you are a morning person, stay up late and write. Your inner critic goes to sleep (or never wakes up) and the writing flows right out of you in kind of a half-dream trance state.

It's really almost like magic how well it works. And contrary to my expectations, it doesn't seem to have reduced the quality of what I write at all. The only downside is then I'm sleepy and grumpy all day. But --the sacrifices you make for your art, right?

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