Comments on: 41 Ways to Conquer Writer’s Block http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/ Blog of aspiring YA author Caryn Caldwell. Fri, 07 May 2010 15:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Plagiarize = Bad, Lazy, Disrespectful, etc. « EditWorks Writing & Editing http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1949 Plagiarize = Bad, Lazy, Disrespectful, etc. « EditWorks Writing & Editing Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:02:19 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1949 [...] of the trillions of available methods to jog loose something of interest, like the ones here. Or here. Not hard to get help, [...] [...] of the trillions of available methods to jog loose something of interest, like the ones here. Or here. Not hard to get help, [...]

]]> By: Day 29 and getting over writer’s block « Day By Day Writer http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Day 29 and getting over writer’s block « Day By Day Writer Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:16:24 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1850 [...] a great post about conquering writer’s block that Caryn Caldwell (a.k.a. The Book Lady) had posted on her blog. Caryn listed 41 ways to get passed writer’s block and back to your story, including [...] [...] a great post about conquering writer’s block that Caryn Caldwell (a.k.a. The Book Lady) had posted on her blog. Caryn listed 41 ways to get passed writer’s block and back to your story, including [...]

]]> By: daybydaywriter http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1849 daybydaywriter Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:13:11 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1849 What a great list. Just found out about it from a link on Sandi Kahn Shelton's blog. Thanks. I've been going through this problem on and off lately and found various ways of getting over it. I also agree with Alyson Noel about research. That helps a lot. The Unnameables author Ellen Booraem gave a writer's block tip on a post on my blog: <a href="http://daybydaywriter.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/day/" rel="nofollow">http://daybydaywriter.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/day/</a> I will link to this great list too. Thanks for posting it. What a great list. Just found out about it from a link on Sandi Kahn Shelton’s blog. Thanks.

I’ve been going through this problem on and off lately and found various ways of getting over it. I also agree with Alyson Noel about research. That helps a lot. The Unnameables author Ellen Booraem gave a writer’s block tip on a post on my blog: http://daybydaywriter.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/day/

I will link to this great list too. Thanks for posting it.

]]> By: Where do these people come from? » Sandi Kahn Shelton http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1829 Where do these people come from? » Sandi Kahn Shelton Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:12:09 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1829 [...] and also that she’s hilarious and brilliant. I’ve been meaning for some time to link to this fabulous post she wrote about what to do when you have writer’s block. She actually came up with 41 things that can [...] [...] and also that she’s hilarious and brilliant. I’ve been meaning for some time to link to this fabulous post she wrote about what to do when you have writer’s block. She actually came up with 41 things that can [...]

]]> By: jmjorat http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1757 jmjorat Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:13:10 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1757 Loved this post, great information. Loved this post, great information.

]]> By: Alyssa Goodnight http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Alyssa Goodnight Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:15:30 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1732 This is amaziningly creative--and thorough! Were you procrastinating...? :) I fold the laundry. This is amaziningly creative–and thorough! Were you procrastinating…? Smile
I fold the laundry.

]]> By: Keri Mikulski http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 Keri Mikulski Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:04:13 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1756 Great ideas.. I printed out this list. Thanks. :) Great ideas.. I printed out this list. Thanks. Smile

]]> By: Anne http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 Anne Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:52:52 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1731 This is a great list! Some of my co-workers and I are taking the NaNoWriMo challenge this year. It's now day 10 of the challenge and I'm nearly 14,000 words behind - BUT while writing the 2000 words I do have, I generated about 5 new story ideas in my head, so not all is lost. How do you feel about students writing so many words so rapidly? Is it a breeding ground for a lot of mistakes or a forum for some great ideas? Maybe a combination of both. This is a great list! Some of my co-workers and I are taking the NaNoWriMo challenge this year. It’s now day 10 of the challenge and I’m nearly 14,000 words behind – BUT while writing the 2000 words I do have, I generated about 5 new story ideas in my head, so not all is lost.
How do you feel about students writing so many words so rapidly? Is it a breeding ground for a lot of mistakes or a forum for some great ideas? Maybe a combination of both.

]]> By: sandi shelton http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1755 sandi shelton Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:15:44 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1755 Oooh, I wanted to add one more. A writing friend taught me this one. You know how when you sit down to write, a million other thoughts immediately enter in? You think you need to clean the bathroom, go buy yogurt for tomorrow's breakfast, reunite with your fifth grade best friend, look up that recipe for olive tapenaude, learn to play the piano the way you always meant to? Instead of jumping up and letting herself actually go do these things, she merely makes a little note next to her computer. By the end of her writing session, there's a list of things next to her...things that she did NOT get out of her chair to do. And it's amazing, she says, how many of them really did not need to be done--they were just those too-familiar traps. You know, the "Do THIS, don't write!!" traps. Anyway, I tried this, and it works. Oooh, I wanted to add one more. A writing friend taught me this one. You know how when you sit down to write, a million other thoughts immediately enter in? You think you need to clean the bathroom, go buy yogurt for tomorrow’s breakfast, reunite with your fifth grade best friend, look up that recipe for olive tapenaude, learn to play the piano the way you always meant to? Instead of jumping up and letting herself actually go do these things, she merely makes a little note next to her computer. By the end of her writing session, there’s a list of things next to her…things that she did NOT get out of her chair to do. And it’s amazing, she says, how many of them really did not need to be done–they were just those too-familiar traps. You know, the “Do THIS, don’t write!!” traps. Anyway, I tried this, and it works.

]]> By: writtenwyrdd http://caryncaldwell.com/blog/2008/11/conquer-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1754 writtenwyrdd Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:12:38 +0000 http://booklady.wordpress.com/?p=573#comment-1754 I don't really get writer's block; I get the "I don't wannas". Really, just set yourself down and make yourself write seems to do the trick. I don’t really get writer’s block; I get the “I don’t wannas”. Really, just set yourself down and make yourself write seems to do the trick.

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