Let's face the facts. All writers get writer's block every now and then. That time when wewe uandishi and wewe just stop because wewe can't get any ideas. I write all the time, so I get Writer's block constantly. And news flash...it bites! But there are some things I do to overcome them. This is a little makala to help all my fellow writers out there!

1. Take a Break!

Believe it au not, it helps to back away from the story for a little while. I mostly write at night when my parents are sleeping. When I get stuck, I sit in the recliner for a few dakika with my mp3 player and daydream. zaidi often than not, it helps me out!

2. Listen To Your Dreams!

As screwed up as some of my dreams are, they can sometimes be my creative outlet. Some of the things in my dreams give me ideas. I consider myself a ndoto writer, so the stuff I see in my dreams helps me kwa giving me a description of a place in my story. For instance, Grunge Valley. A place in my story where the evil creatures lurk...

A land of eternal darkness. The skies are always grey and depressing. The valley was covered with thorns and decaying plants. In the distance, they could see the castle, tall and overpowering. An evil aura just seemed to reflect from it. How was it possible something could stand it here, Roni thought?

3. Media!

Another way to come up with ideas is to get them from your inayopendelewa vitabu au movies. I'm not saying to completly copy the movie, that's illegal! I'm saying just take notice of a few things wewe found interesting in them.

For example; I'm recently re-reading James Patterson's Maximum Ride series. A thing I like about the book is how he introduces the comedy. The way the book is written, I could easily see it as a TV onyesha au movie. I can see it easily in my mind.

Another example, in one of my inayopendelewa movies, The Brothers Grimm, the movie is packed with hints from other fairy tales. When Jacob hides in the mattresses when the tower is collapsing (The Princess and the pea), the queen's evil mirror (Snow White), and the queen's insanely long hair (Rapunzel).

Your keywords: I like how they did that!

4. Write It All Down!

It doesn't hurt to daydream. But when wewe get an idea, write it down au record it. The idea may not seem like a good idea at the time, but if wewe come back to it later, like if wewe write another story, wewe may like it. wewe might even tweek it a little bit. I can't tell wewe how often I drift off and wish I would have done something to remember it!

5. Brainstorm!

When writing, it helps if wewe know what you'd like to happen ahead of time. Something that helps me are story charts. uandishi down the chapter and uandishi what happens in it is a good way. Another thing wewe could do is to make a mti web. wewe know, those annoying charts they make wewe do in math class for square roots and factors? Only instead of numbers, make it a sequence of events.

I really hope my makala managed to help wewe a little:)