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Tips For When You Have Writer's Block

What to do when you have no idea what to write about.

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Tips For When You Have Writer's Block

To those of you who are having extreme writer's block on anything your about to write, this ones for you.

As you can see, I am one of those with extreme writers block because I decided to do an article ABOUT writers block.

It's true I really only decided to talk about this subject because I didn't know what to write.

Back on subject! Writer's Block, a pain in the ass to those aspiring to be a magazine journalist, newspaper journalist, etc.

(Its a good thing I'm not aspiring to be one of those.)

When your writing an essay, article, or anything else with a deadline and you're completely stuck, take a shower. Go home, or to your dorm if you have the time and take a nice hot shower.

Trust me it helps, because afterwards you'll be clean and refreshed and ready for new ideas to come into that awesome brain of yours to start writing something.

If that's doesn't work then begin to think about what type of message you want to send out to your audience. What do you typically want your writing to be about.

And if THAT doesn't work and you don't have a specific prompt or you do have a prompt but with a broad topic then start researching!! Go online and look up topic ideas or a certain event that has something to do with your prompt.

If you don't have a prompt and researching doesn't work then start procrastinating...if you have enough time. Go watch Netflix or something and maybe you'll get an idea from the show,"Stranger Things" and you'll want to write about how can someone be stuck in a different dimension then ours. OR another good one is write 10 things why the character," Eleven", from Stranger Things loves Eggo waffles so much.

If your trying to write an essay for a college class AND none of the stuff above has worked for you then I don't know what to tell ya dude, I really don't.

This next idea isn't recommended especially because I don't like promoting bad habits of mine but if none of the stuff above works and your rushing then your most likely going to have to bullshit it and hope for the best.


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