Team Training

Corey LarkDecember 6, 2011

OVERCOMING WRITER’S BLOCK

TIPS

•Start with what you know, stop thinking

•Forget about being perfect, just write

•Get your blood moving

•Change your surroundings

•Unplug the Internet

•Listen to some music

TIPS

•Start where you’re stuck first thing in the

morning

•Eat healthy food and snacks

•File it for later

•Get some coffee

•Don’t force it

•Read some blogs/articles/books outside

the scope of what you normally write

TIPS

•Read your journal or diary

•Keep a notepad with you

•Write daily

•Try taking a nap

•Cook a meal or do something you enjoy

EXERCISES

•“Guess what?”

o Don't sit there staring at the monitor. Phone

a friend!

•Make a message map

•Outline it

•Free writing

What are some ways

that you overcome

writer’s block?