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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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