‘’I want my writing to be unique.’’ This is a sentence which every writer has uttered to themselves at least once in their career. In this endeavour, we, as writers, often forget that having basic human qualities and our own personalities make us unique. Our writing will be unique, whether we try to make it that way or not. This leads to the birth of a phenomenon known as writer’s block. 

Any writer you have met who says that they have never experienced this is lying. It is the natural progression of the journey of a writer. Writers want to appear better than others by saying that their creativity has never experienced a slump. Experiencing the slump may actually make us better writers. Getting the ideas which we rate as ‘bad’ or ‘crazy’ out on paper, even as a series of points, will help you save them. A lot of writers who have taken a small break from these ideas and don’t save them regret doing that in the future. They may never be as fresh or new again. 

Personally, I feel that a good way of overcoming writer’s block is picking a place in the city you live in to be a ‘’creative purge space’’. This place should be away from your writing desk preferably. Take a notebook with you, or a device and scribble all of the ideas out. Tear the pages with the ideas out of your notebook, but save them. Sit in the space, let your ideas and thoughts wash over you and you will gain a new perspective on them. Just moving away from your writing desk can make an entire world of difference. If the place you have chosen is close to nature, let the fresh air and the sounds of insects, water and the different colours around you have an impact on you. They will help you cleanse and free you of your writer’s block. Have a playlist you listen to, let the music be calming or maybe lo – fi. The effect these things have on clearing your block is immaculate.

I live in London so my space is on Primrose Hill, I hope you find your safe writing space too. Every writer needs one.