{"id":5527,"date":"2012-08-11T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=5527"},"modified":"2015-10-22T10:21:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:21:33","slug":"the-writers-block-motivation-to-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/11\/the-writers-block-motivation-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"The Writers Block: Motivation To Write #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OWB-New-Cover3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6390 size-medium\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writeing Sparks to Jumpstart Your Creativity by Beth Barany, an Amazon bestseller\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OWB-New-Cover3-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OWB-New-Cover3-184x300.jpg 184w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OWB-New-Cover3-630x1024.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>I\u2019ve syndicated my ebook\u00a0<em>Overcome Writer\u2019s Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Jumpstart Your Creativity<\/em>\u00a0on my blog, Writer\u2019s Fun Zone, over the next 10 weeks. You can read the whole book here over the next 10 weeks, or buy the entire ebook at\u00a0<a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/Overcome-Writers-Block\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kindle<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity by Beth Barany\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/42082\" target=\"_blank\">Smashwords<\/a>, <a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity by Beth Barany on the Nook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/overcome-writers-block-beth-barany\/1113093932?ean=2940012607065\" target=\"_blank\">Nook<\/a>, and <a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity by Beth Barany on iBooks\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/overcome-writers-block-self\/id424120444?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\">iBooks<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>** Enjoy Spark One! And Happy Writing!**<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Spark One: Passion: The Passion for Writing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>What is this powerful, mysterious force that compels us to start to write, let alone continue day after day? At heart, it is passion.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t know how to get started or are bored with your writing, it may be because you have lost touch with your passion. Identify the fire that electrifies your desire to write. Spark your passion, and quicken it. How? Read on!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Step One: Identify Your Passions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What gets you up in the morning? What keeps you going during the day?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>List everything including writing. Finish these phrases: \u201cI love \u2026\u201d or \u201cI can\u2019t absolutely live without\u2026\u201d or \u201cWhat excites me the most is\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now specify what kind of writing (genre and form) you love. How does it drive you wild?! Is that what you\u2019re writing today? If so, and you\u2019re writing what you\u2019re absolutely passionate about, bravo! <strong>Why do you love it?<\/strong> Count the ways. Be <strong>specific<\/strong> in your reply, be revealing, and tell yourself something you\u2019ve never acknowledged before. If not, why not? List all your reasons: practical, silly, emotional, bizarre.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, read on to find ways to rouse your zest for what you\u2019re writing, or to find a way to write what you really want to be writing.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Step Two: Spark Your Passion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notice I only said &#8220;passion&#8221; &#8212; singular, not plural. Narrow your choices down to one. (I know that\u2019s hard, but you can do it!) <strong>How do you spark your passion?<\/strong> Well, by writing, I imagine. But instead of doing what you\u2019ve always been doing, spice up your writing by changing your routine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Change your environment<\/strong>. If you always write at home, go to a friend\u2019s house or to a caf\u00e9 to write. If you live in the city, go to the country overnight, or vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing helps reset a body clock like sleeping over in nature. But the city can be just as vivifying too. Or, rearrange or clean your writing space: bring in a new item that isn\u2019t about writing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Write with all your senses<\/strong> and let your mind wander far and deep and into the past or far into the future for inspiration. The universe is the limit! Gather items to enliven and spark excitement, for example, an orange, cinnamon, felt, wool, silk, a stone, lavender, nutmeg, a chanting bell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take risks.<\/strong> What is the next riskiest thing you can do with your writing? Do it. For example, write stronger, or make your characters bolder. Now what is the next riskiest thing? Do that too. Until, voil\u00e0, you\u2019ve moved beyond your comfort zone into a totally fired-up place where you feel amazing because you did it! You wrote the very thing you thought you couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"monster\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Step Three: Invite the Writing Block Monster to Lunch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every writer on the planet has probably experienced moments of complete block. Writing blocks, these monsters &#8212; these hydra that attack from behind &#8212; how do we deal with them?!<\/p>\n<p>Instead of talking about how stuck you are and analyzing the causes, turn and face yours. And know that you are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s time to trick the monster!<\/p>\n<p>To get to know this creature better<strong>, invite him, her or it to a meal.<\/strong> Not to be eaten! But to eat with, in a civilized manner.<\/p>\n<p>Be it lunch or high tea at home, on a picnic, or at the seaside, assemble all your favorite, delectable delights. Be sure to ask your monster its favorites, too. Be courteous by providing a few. Your invitation must be specific and kind. Your writer\u2019s block monster wants to feel welcomed after all. Set a definite place and time.<\/p>\n<p>When your monster arrives, greet it kindly. Once it is settled, engage it in polite conversation. Around the time of the after-meal digestif, settle into the more serious matters. Share with the monster what you write and the reasons why, and ask it why it comes around at certain times. What is the monster\u2019s agenda with you? What has been its purpose in your life up to now? What does it want from you? Be sure not to scream this last question. It might cry.<\/p>\n<p>Once you understand each other\u2019s motivations and goals, then perhaps, over the last bites of cake, <strong>you can come to an agreement.<\/strong> Arrange for your writer\u2019s block monster to come over by invitation only, instead of crashing your precious writing sanctuary. After all, these monsters once served a purpose, and now can serve a new one that you decide.<\/p>\n<p>By understanding why and how our internal \u201cmonsters\u201d inhibit our passion, we can then galvanize our writing in new ways. Let us remain respectful of the creative drive and feed it plenty of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>If we do, our passion will remain faithful for as long as we choose to be the creative beings we all are.<\/p>\n<p><em>Happy Writing!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>You can read the whole book here over the next 10 weeks, or buy the entire ebook at\u00a0<a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/Overcome-Writers-Block\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Kindle<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity by Beth Barany\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/42082\" target=\"_blank\">Smashwords<\/a>, <a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity by Beth Barany on the Nook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/overcome-writers-block-beth-barany\/1113093932?ean=2940012607065\" target=\"_blank\">Nook<\/a>, and <a title=\"Overcome Writer's Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity by Beth Barany on iBooks\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/overcome-writers-block-self\/id424120444?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\">iBooks<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Beth.Barany_MG_6971_500x500.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12475\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Beth.Barany_MG_6971_500x500-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Beth.Barany_MG_6971_500x500\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">Bestselling Author\u2019s Coach<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">Beth Barany<\/a>\u00a0is dedicated to the notion that all is better with play.<\/p>\n<p>An author too, she\u2019s the author of the 2012 award-winning young adult fantasy novel\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">Henrietta The Dragon Slayer<\/a><\/em>, and writes <a href=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/romance\/\" target=\"_blank\">magical contemporary romance<\/a> too. She shares more tips in her\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Writers-Adventure-Guide-Stages-Writing\/dp\/0982344252\" target=\"_blank\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">nonfiction books for authors and aspiring authors.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beth gives away 10 spots per month for a 60-Minute complimentary Discovery\u00a0Session.\u00a0<strong><em>First Come First Serve!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0If you&#8217;re ready, schedule yours <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/talk-to-a-writing-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is this powerful, mysterious force that compels us to start to write, let alone continue day after day? At heart, it is passion. If you don\u2019t know how to get started or are bored with your writing, it may be because you have lost touch with your passion. Identify the fire that electrifies your desire to write. Spark your passion, and quicken it. How? 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