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Sample idea: Think it - write it

If you're severely blocked, staring blankly at the paper or screen will just make things worse. So before you get anywhere near your computer or writing pad, plan out exactly what you're going to write when you get there: the exact words you'll write.

You can work these out in your head, in a notebook, on a scrap of paper or the back of an envelope. Or dictate them onto tape or a digital recorder while you're driving, or lying down on your bed, or in your bath, or doing something else. Don't go anywhere near the keyboard (or pen and paper) until you know exactly word-for-word what you're going to write or type when you get there.

It might only be a single sentence. It doesn't matter. Get it written or typed in, switch off, and go away and think about the next sentence. Maybe you'll type that one in tomorrow.

Yes, this is a painfully slow way of writing, but it's better to be writing something than to be worrying about not writing at all.

Your brain will hate this - it wants to be blocked and you aren't letting it. So your urge (and ability) to write will soon kick back in. While you're typing in today's sentence you might think of a perfect second sentence too, and type it in right there and then. Wow! Terrific! You'll quickly get back to writing properly again. You might have slowed down for a while, but you won't ever have stopped writing.


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