Overcoming Writer’s Block
BY DENISE COOK-GODFREY
Now that you are settled that God has What has worked so many times for me is
spoken to your heart and you have chosen to find that special writing “quirk” that gets
your topic, it is now time to write! This is the creative juices flowing! A writing quirk
the part where we get our hands really for me may be much different for you! But
dirty so to speak. But what about focus again, since you are reading this article, I
issues? What if I am not “feeling” it today? know that there is something that jump
Believe it or not, these questions are quite start your creative juices as well. For me,
common with writers. At times we develop sitting and staring out my bedroom
“writers block”. This is a time when we just window at the trees on a lazy Sunday
don’t feel inspired to write. We may be afternoon or just listening to instrumental
busy or distracted with the other affairs of music does it for me. Sometimes watching
life. Let’s just keep it real. Life as we know dramatic movies will start the juices
it is just hectic. flowing.
In my years of experience in writing, I have
found that there are times when
inspiration, images, phrases, etc. will freely
raid my heart and mind but then at other
times, I find that I have nothing!