Surviving the Writing Blues

I don't believe in writers block just the terrible insecurity of the creative mind; when the initial inspiration, that caused you to begin the project, has worn off and the insecurities begin to creep in: is it good enough, why am I bothering, my writing sounds rubbish etc etc...the list is endless.

So the last couple of weeks have been, well up and down (hence no posts) but I have some top tips which are helping dig myself out of the writing woes!

1. Get yourself some writing buddies. You might think you can do this on your own but you can't because who is going to spur you on when you can't do it yourself. I don't care how motivated you are as a writer your writing blues will hit sooner or later and you will need someone to turn to. I was reading a little inspirational writing book and a top author suggested you need two critics: one person, that no matter how bad the writing, is completely and utterly positive about everything you write; and a second critic who you trust. Find these people.

2. If you are board of your writing you can guarantee the reader will be board - introduce MORE conflict. It doesn't matter how because your reader will be so grateful of it!

3. Do something different for a while (NOT TO LONG). That something different should give you time to think about your project but it should be something totally different from writing. For example, I decided to give myself the whole weekend off and have been out riding my bike and now I am itching to get back to the page with lots of great ideas!

Hope this helps some time!