It’s impossible for me to tell you how to get over writers block because everyone has their own way of doing things. I can only share how I overcome or try to overcome writer’s block.

Blank pages can be intimidating. Starting fresh notebooks, tearing out pieces of paper, is something I’m particularly experienced with. The moment I finally overcome that hurdle, I feel liberated and nothing can stop me. In all honesty, I don’t have a particular tool or method for overcoming writer’s block. I have done one simple thing to overcome this struggle the past few times I have encountered it. Walk away. A creative idea won’t come to me if I force it or fight for it. In those moments when I’m least expecting it, I come up with my best ideas. I feel as if I have had an epiphany. It happens because I haven’t been staring at the page all day long, or keeping my pen at my side ready to jot down the next big idea. It occurs because I’ve freed my mind from any connection to being forced to imagine, to create, and instead let it imagine and create at its own pace. While it may not be a useful suggestion to anyone (even myself) if time is an issue, you can still try to walk away from the obstacle for an hour or even just ten minutes, your mind may refresh and you might be able to approach it from a different angle.

Whenever my mind is free to daydream fully, I am able to think more clearly. Do not force your ideas to come to you; let them flow from you instead.