Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27570904-20160518000625/@comment-73.93.88.42-20160518065420

I'm not much of a firm believer in writer's block but here are some advices:

You fear what may happen the moment you put down the words. That's the number one thing that consumes your time on a writing day. You may have some ideas, but your fears are holding it back but you know what? Put it down. There's a reason why 1st drafts are called vomit drafts. Write whatever reasonable pops into your head, and edit it once you're done with your story. To not write should be your fear, not fearing of what is to come. A vomit draft's main purpose is to get the ideas down, not polish and fine tune everything. That's the job of the 2nd and 3rd draft. No one is gonna read your vomit draft as long as you don't publish it.

You might be physically/mentally exhausted. Take a break, do something else, and come back when you're rejuvenated. Writing requires time and energy so don't think you can blitz through a moderate/long story under a day while feeling terrible. With this and fear covered, you might be able to write up to 5k words in a single day, bonus points if it's 10k or longer without feeling the fatigue.

Uncommonly, you probably might get grinded to a halt by your own story once you progressed further. At this point, it's gonna be a near intangible mess to clean up as it ties up with fear. What I'm talking about is that the moment you gotten in and realized that you have a plethora of abstract concepts, stylistic and structure problem that would come into conflict with the entirety of your story. If you spend too much time staring at the screen and thinking about something cool, then this is likely the problem you're suffering from. At this point, you can continue on so the 2nd draft can fix it up or you can do what Bernard Cornwell does. In his analogy, he thinks writing book is like climbing up a mountain. When you go up and find yourself stuck, you look back and see a better route. You take that route and suddenly, you find yourself near to the top. Fall back a couple of chapters, replan, rewrite, and you solved what you think your problem is.

In addition asides from the three points I listed above, I suggest you go read books that are of your interest. Often times, you can learn a lot from your favorite genre or authors much to the point that you're imitating their own style of writing or the way the book is being stuctured. This isn't bad thing at all. It helps immensely for the majority of novice writers who struggle with structuring. That's all I have to offer. Hope it helps you out.