Writers Block

    In the movie Stranger than Fiction there is an author that is having writers block trying to find a way to kill her main character Harold Crick played by Will Farrell. Writers block is when an author is writing a book or poem, and they stop, and can’t think of what to write. It can stop them for months even years from finishing the book. In this essay I will be showing ways of how to cure writers block. Others have made books or movies or even songs about writers block.

There are different kinds of writers block, there’s pressure, or serious block from life or career of the writer. They may also relate to illness, depression, or the end of a relationship of the writer. Some types of pressure they might experience is the big success of a book and the pressure to do well. They feel that it’s there duty to make another great book for the world and they can’t think of what to write. They may also run out of inspiration and feeling for the book then stop, and start writing random stuff that has nothing to do with the book or poem that they are writing. They may also do this until an idea comes up into their mind.

    Some other things a writer might do during writers block is relax and try to think of an idea about the book or character that might affect the meaning or the book or main idea of it. If the writer comes up with an idea that is the base of the book and they have writers block, then come up with an idea that is entirely different than the base idea, it may ruin the book, well for the reader. For the reader it may not make sense and confuse him/ her to come completely off subject and talk about something going on in the characters life.
    They may stop during writers block and do something completely different such as driving to a friends house and talk about the book or to a local market or store to clear their mind and wait. They might do other physical activities such as running, going to the local gym and work out, swim, anything that can be used to give them an idea. They can also sleep in hope of having a dream that could help them with a book. They also might seek help from a phsyscologist to help them think of why they are having writers block and how they may stop it.
    In the movie Stranger Than Fiction what the author did was imagine different scenarios in which could kill her main character Harold Crick. Other authors might do the same things except they might imagine problems and what would happen for the character and what would the outcome be. There are two types of ways a book may end, a tragedy in which the character dies, like Shakespeare had written about Romeo and Juliet in which they both died in the end, or a comedy in which the main character gets married to the other character he or she had an eye on, or something good happens and he lives happy and death-free.
    Writers and artists like Alan Wake had experienced writers block that nearly ended his marriage and stopped the book for two years. The rapper Eminem experienced writers block while writing the lyrics to “Talking to Myself” which he mentions in the song. In Stephan Kings “Secret Window, Secret Garden” the main character is going through divorce as a result of writers block. Musician Gwen Stafani had experienced writers block, which then turned into her first single named “What are you Waiting for?”
    As you can see their are many ways other people may cure writers block and a lot of people have experienced it and either mentioned it in their book or interview, and others had mentioned it in their song or other ways. Like I said it is annoying and can bug you, but after reading this I hope you know some ways to cure it.