{"id":552,"date":"2013-07-20T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T18:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chistell.com\/africanamericanfiction\/?p=552"},"modified":"2016-10-08T23:25:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T03:25:31","slug":"busting-through-writers-block-one-word-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chistell.com\/africanamericanfiction\/busting-through-writers-block-one-word-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Busting Through Writer’s Block One Word at a Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denise Turney
\nThere may be no greater barrier to your creative flow as a writer than lack of confidence or self-criticism. You’ll end up spending an hour writing (or trying to write) a single paragraph. It’s frustrating sitting in front of a computer, staring at a mostly blank screen, while, at the same time, you’re brimming with enough determination to write a full length novel in less than a week.<\/p>\n

So, how do you bust through writer’s block? How do you put a stop to hours of typing, deleting, typing, deleting? For starters, you stop self-editing during the creative process.<\/p>\n

There will be time for that later.<\/p>\n

For now, to push past writer’s block, focus on writing, getting your ideas to paper (or a computer screen). That’s right. Start writing or typing whatever<\/i> surfaces in\u00a0 your mind. Not only could you leap over writer’s block, you could also unearth a great novel.<\/p>\n

If you’re still struggling with writer’s block after taking the above steps, here are a few other steps you could take to get rid of writer’s block.<\/p>\n