How to overcome writer’s block
Hi Magic fans!
Did you know that writing is one of the most important part of being a
Magician? Think about it, if Magicians did not write books or articles or even
letters, describing our tricks and methods, our
art would have died out a long time ago! But
sometimes, even though we want to write, we have something blocking the flow of
putting words onto paper.Here’s a few suggestions on how to
write.
If you’re
having trouble getting started writing, maybe you need to practice what is
known as free writing to get unblocked. Free writing is very effective in
getting you started on what you need to get done when you are trying to write.
The idea of free writing is to set an amount of time, at least five and no more
than 15 or 20 minutes, then start writing and don’t stop until that set amount
of time is up. Don’t stop to look at what you have written. In fact, don’t stop
at all. Just keep going till your time is up.
If you don’t
know what you want to say while you’re practicing free writing, start out by
writing “I don’t know what to say.” And if you have to, write that over and
over till your time period is up.
Probably what
will happen though is that your thoughts will start flowing and you will find
yourself writing. Don’t worry about spelling and other mechanics, just write.
If you have a computer, that will work great.
Set up your
document and get everything ready then turn off your screen and write. It’s
easy to not judge what you’re writing when you can’t see it!
Free writing
forces you to start putting words down onto paper (or screen). Trying to make
something perfect the first time you write it out is probably a recipe for
disaster. Instead just write, then go back and throw out all the stuff you
don’t like, keep what you do like, and see if you can develop it further.
So give it a
try! Who knows you could write the next great novel!
Still don’t know what to write.Try sending me an email
just to tell me you are blocked! Let’s see where that goes!
Your magical friend, Glenndalf.
