How to Bust Writer's Block With Variation

October 18, 2010 by K.M. Weiland | @KMWeiland 4 Comments Writing Inspiration

9 Prompts to Beat Writer’s Block

Today, I’m honored to be hosted on the Conquering Writer’s Block & Summoning Inspiration blog tour by Angie Lofthouse. Be sure to stop by her blog to read the guest post “How to Bust Writer’s Block With Variation.” Below is a sneak peek:

There you are, sitting at your computer, trying to write the next scene in your novel. So far today, you only have about a paragraph down on the screen in front of you, and you keep deleting and retyping most of that. You’re stumped. Between the flicker of the cursor blinking against the blank page and the clock ticking away your writing time, you’re teetering on the brink of exhaustion and exasperation. You have writer’s block. What to do?

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K.M. Weiland is the award-winning and internationally-published author of the acclaimed writing guides Outlining Your Novel, Structuring Your Novel, and Creating Character Arcs. A native of western Nebraska, she writes historical and fantasy novels and mentors authors on her award-winning website Helping Writers Become Authors.

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Misha says

October 18, 2010 at 10:49 am

Oooh I’m heading over there right now. 🙂

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K.M. Weiland says

October 18, 2010 at 4:00 pm

Hope you find something useful!

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LTM says

October 18, 2010 at 4:14 pm

saw it–great post. I esp. like the part about doing the same thing = getting same result. too true~

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K.M. Weiland says

October 18, 2010 at 4:19 pm

Thanks for reading! I’m a creature of habit, but a little variation never fails to spice up the routine.

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