Overcoming the Blank Page

Basically all writers have at one point or another been in a position where they literally stare blankly at a page with the cursor blinking repeatedly and yet no ideal in sight, writer blocks, often tagged creative nemesis is a point in time when a writer runs out of ideas regardless of how much they try, they just couldn't put words together to make a content, I've been there and believe be it can be frustrating, but then there are some measures I've come to adopt to put in place to help me overcome it, and I'd be sharing them with you below.

Take a Break: One of the best way to get over writer blocks is to step away from your pen or keyboard, it could be your taking a walk across the street or engage in other activities, these often go on to take your mind of the present situation and occupy your other things you see while subconscious mind keep working on the problem, by the time you'll return to your deck, you'll feel renewed and loaded with words, I've done this and it has worked for me on countless occasions.

Seek Inspiration: There are times when the reason I'm suffering a writers block is probably cause I've little or no knowledge about the subject matter and regardless of how much I rack my brain on it, I won't get anything, so in such situation I often see inspiration via reading, researching and exploring more about it, once I get a spark id inspiration, I literally get loads of ideas that spring fort my creative prose, so seeking inspiration is a way out and it could be you talking to people, asking questions or listening to stories.

Warm up with Exercise: Sometimes all I need to get over writers block is to just indulge in some writing exercise, and what I meant by that is writing down everything that comes to my head, I guess it's called free writing, when I do this, before you know if, even though what I'm writing might be grammatically wrong, still I soon loosen up and stop worrying about the issue at hand and by the time we get back to it, I'm good to go again.

Do something else you love: when suffering a writers block, it's probably due to some happening around us that causes this and get it over with, sometimes all we need to do is indulge in other activities we love doing, it's varies for different people, so recognise your and delve into it, for me it's often playing video games I resorted to, by the time I ditch the keyboard and pick up the pad/game cursor and play multiple games, I conclude it looking fresh with a renewed mind that'll take on any topic.

Overall, it's worth noting that since writers block isn't a terminal condition, then it can be overcome, we just need to delve into things that works for us, in other to be able to get back into our best as the creative writer we're.

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