writer's block: more like a cemented wall..

I'm having trouble getting anything decent to come out of my pen lately. I don't know why. I have all of these.. I wouldn't say ideas.. more like a foggy pictures of a feeling that I can't describe. Happens all the time. I'm running out of fresh words, and I'm tired of the over-generalized things that come to mind. Any suggestions?

what i do is i make myself my favorite drink (hot choclate) and then i go through differnt contests. i do a poem for a contest. it seems to work better if you have a deadline and an idea half made for you...

I'll give it a try. thanks

what i do is take one of my favorite songs and play it, relax and write everything that comes strait to my mind.

Sit down and write three pages of anything that comes to mind. Thoughts, ideas, randoms musings, anything that goes through your head. You should do this every morning right when you wake up, untill the block is gone. For some reason it seems to spawn creativity and imagination.

^^^^^ Wow. Very interesting and creative way to get past the writer's block. I'll have to try that.

Stephanie

more like a glass castle
you'll break it eventually after tossing a few rocks at it

I think you should sit down and right down things that have happened to you and write dow like minnor details and feelings in a spider diagrame or some thing and work around that, i find it so much more easyer to write poems that are closer to me, it might work for you..

'Sit down and write three pages of anything that comes to mind. Thoughts, ideas, randoms musings, anything that goes through your head. You should do this every morning right when you wake up, untill the block is gone. For some reason it seems to spawn creativity and imagination.'

Thats a good idea. I might try that.

Personally, what I do is in the morning when I first wake up I grab a notebook and write down anything and everything that comes to mind. After that I page through looking for a pattern, and whatever pattern I see I expand upon it until it becomes an idea which can then be translated into poetry. Or, another idea, is to try writing prose instead of rhyme poems. That also seems to sometimes help.

yea write bout how you cant write anything and how your feelings just cant be put on paper at the moment thats wat i always do!!!!!!!!!!!!

Greetings,
Not sure if this will help (there are so many topics on individual topics posted elsewhere, but I believe this is the most broad and inclusive) it's quite lengthy but it covers a variety of topics and has input from many P&Q members. It is not meant to tell you how to write, but to be a place of reference/help/advice to others-a place where many of the questions put forth repeatedly in these forumns is addressed, mainly to offer suggestions on writer's block (tips/exercises to break it. Inspiration, ideas, etc.), exercises to spur creativity (whether form, style, type of poem, content, etc.-just some stuff to try when blocked or to try something different), various poetic terms/definitions, a variety of basic stuff and technical stuff, submissions and poetry markets (where/how to submit your work). So hopefully there is something here for everyone. Worth sifting through(I hope). I would also appreciate any comments-whether opinions or advice (personal or technical), your own personal writing habits, etc.

NOTES ON WRITING POETRY
http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/discussion/topic.html?topic_id=56674

Peace, Poetry, & Power,

Gary Jurechka

take a break and come back to it later when you have a clear mind, experience is the best thing to stop writers block and then you have a bunch more things to write about

Yeah I find music really helps inspire me - listen to music that is the same type of mood to what you're "foggy" pictures are taking on. Then just give yourself time - dont sit perched on a chair with pen in hand looking at the clock and counting how many hours you've been trying to write for. Once inspired you might just get one or two sentences pop into your mind (so always have a pen and paper handy to write it down).

Umm . . . when I get to the point where I have writer’s block I usually try to focus on those half hearted feelings that I get, just like you mentioned and I try to give them a . . . name I guess you could call it like I try to visualize it and figure it out. Then once I understand the half feeling the rest tends to just fall out after it. But if all else fails I tend to start drawing even if it doesn’t look good or anything it usually helps me figure out what it is that is on my mind.