Comments on: The Ugly Truth About Writer’s Block and the Beautiful Way to Kick It http://storyfix.com/the-ugly-truth-about-writers-block-and-the-beautiful-way-to-kick-it Novel Writing, Screenwriting and Storytelling Tips & Fundamentals Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:53:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Debra C http://storyfix.com/the-ugly-truth-about-writers-block-and-the-beautiful-way-to-kick-it/comment-page-1#comment-1535 Debra C Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:04:20 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=451#comment-1535 This is so right. After reading Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande, I've never experienced writers block as a lack of creativity. It's always been something that I've realized is a problem with a scene or a character or something. My most recent case of writers block actually kept me from writing on OTHER stories. But after reading your Story Structure series (and suffering a few personal things that made that story too light for me to write anyway), I've realized the problem and been able to work on a new project. Since now I realize that I was having problems with that one because it needs a complete structural overhaul. And somehow figuring out what the problem was (even though I haven't fixed it yet) made it so that at least it wasn't keeping me from working on other things anymore. So I suppose that story was just one of those girls that's in denial and doesn't want to let you go even though she knows it's over (or at least, over for a while). But once I saw the same thing, I was able to end it and move on. This is so right. After reading Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande, I’ve never experienced writers block as a lack of creativity. It’s always been something that I’ve realized is a problem with a scene or a character or something. My most recent case of writers block actually kept me from writing on OTHER stories. But after reading your Story Structure series (and suffering a few personal things that made that story too light for me to write anyway), I’ve realized the problem and been able to work on a new project. Since now I realize that I was having problems with that one because it needs a complete structural overhaul. And somehow figuring out what the problem was (even though I haven’t fixed it yet) made it so that at least it wasn’t keeping me from working on other things anymore.
So I suppose that story was just one of those girls that’s in denial and doesn’t want to let you go even though she knows it’s over (or at least, over for a while). But once I saw the same thing, I was able to end it and move on.

]]> By: J.Morgan http://storyfix.com/the-ugly-truth-about-writers-block-and-the-beautiful-way-to-kick-it/comment-page-1#comment-76 J.Morgan Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:47:49 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=451#comment-76 This so far is my fav. I love the analogy of the mother-in-law. Your right, if I can't see past the block I go back and usually find something out of place. Bravo! This so far is my fav. I love the analogy of the mother-in-law. Your right, if I can’t see past the block I go back and usually find something out of place.

Bravo!

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