I do not fear writer's block; in fact, I consider it my friend, saving me from myself, as it were.
When the writing is not coming, I know that something is wrong, and I need to fix it before I can go forward, and I have a lot of strategies for that.
I get blocked because I am uncomfortable with something I'm doing, usually because I've taken a wrong turn, and my subconscious is smarter than I am.
So I go back, fix the problem, and voila! No more block!
More often than not, I've made a character do something, well, out of character. Or taken a faulty plot turn. Usually I straighten it out by doing a little journaling or having a written conversation with the character in question - however odd that might sound.
Works for me.
When the writing is not coming, I know that something is wrong, and I need to fix it before I can go forward, and I have a lot of strategies for that.
I get blocked because I am uncomfortable with something I'm doing, usually because I've taken a wrong turn, and my subconscious is smarter than I am.
So I go back, fix the problem, and voila! No more block!
More often than not, I've made a character do something, well, out of character. Or taken a faulty plot turn. Usually I straighten it out by doing a little journaling or having a written conversation with the character in question - however odd that might sound.
Works for me.
