How To Fight Writer’s Block Like It Personally Insulted Your Best Friend

how to fight writer’s block like it personally insulted your best friend

Writer’s block isn’t a myth. It’s real. It’s rude. And it shows up exactly when you don’t want it to—like an ex at your book launch. Here’s how to yeet it into the void:

1. stop trying to write “good”

Seriously. Lower the bar. Bury the bar. Let the bar rot in the forest. Write badly on purpose. Be cringe. Be free. You can’t fix a blank page, but you can edit a disaster.

2. change the medium

Tired: typing in the same doc for hours. Wired: scribbling in a notebook like a Victorian ghost. Inspired: recording a voice memo like a sleep-deprived cryptid explaining your plot to future you.

3. skip the part that’s blocking you

Stuck on Chapter 5? Write Chapter 9. Write the ending. Write that one scene with the knife and the rain and the betrayal. You can stitch it all together later like Frankenstein’s monster.

4. give your brain new input

Go outside. Touch grass. Watch a movie. Read a book not in your genre. Eavesdrop at a coffee shop. Ideas in = ideas out.

5. bribe yourself

“Write 100 words and you get a cookie.” “Finish this scene and you can scroll Pinterest for aesthetics.” Become your own treat-dispensing machine.

6. embrace ✨trash drafts✨

Your first draft is not the final product. It’s the mess you make before the magic. Let it be wild. Let it be ugly. Let it live.

7. stop declaring war on your creativity

Sometimes writer’s block is just burnout in a trench coat. Maybe what you need isn’t to write harder—it’s to rest, to dream, to let the well refill.

tl;dr: writer’s block can’t survive if you trick it into thinking you're just vibing. So vibe. Write weird stuff. Take breaks. Make art like no one’s watching (because no one is yet).

You’ve got this.

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I made a post about a really small portion of the aromantic community who felt in love once in their life. Because an aromantic person feels no OR low romantic attraction, this means that even if it is just once we can still feel it and this should not be invalidated.

I opened my tumblr and there were two questions in my inbox, which is weird. I open it and see this:

I Made A Post About A Really Small Portion Of The Aromantic Community Who Felt In Love Once In Their

I could make a post about why they're wrong and how ignorant this was. But they are so cowardly that they don't even let themselves be known after leaving such an unnecessary and stupid comment in the question box of a person who was just sharing an experience for a small group in a small community.

Yeah. I could, but I'm not going to worry about it. Anonymous, know that this didn't result in anything and you wasted your time. For those of you who fell in love and are part of the aroace community, you will continue to be one of us. Because aromantic is someone who feels little OR no romantic attraction. You can still feel this, it will just take time and it will probably only happen once.

In case you're wondering this is the post in question:

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There's this really, really small, almost non-existent moment in the aromantic comunity people where you realize that for the first time, yo

Kisses and hugs to all aromantic people out there.


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Song name translation is in pink

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Apesar de Você/Despite you - Chico Buarque

A banda/The band - Chico Buarque

Vem morena/Come brunette - Luís Gonzaga

Garota de Ipanema/Girl from Ipanema - Tom Jobim

Tropicana (Morena Tropicana)/Tropicana (Tropicana Brunette) - Alceu Valença

O cheiro de Carolina/The scent of Carolina - Luíz Gonzaga

Carolina, Carol Bela/Carolina, beautiful Carol - Toquinho

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Nem de Graça/Not even for free - Pixote

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tagged by @future-dregs thank you!

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Darkside - Neoni

Wild Horses - Grace Power

Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan

Paint the Town Blue - Ashnikko (Arcane)

Angry Too - Lola Blanc

Sharks - Imagine Dragons

Wait for Me (Reprise) - Hadestown Original Broadway Company

Sucker - Marcus King (Arcane)

Game of Survival - Ruelle

I have been listening to the Arcane soundtrack on repeat for at least three weeks now so clearly this is not entirely an accurate summary of what you listen too XD

Tagging: @clotpolesonly @faffodil @outshinethestars @ridetheraddinosaurs @dragon-mantis @hiimaprofessionalfangirl @ace1diots @shutitk @gallopinggallifreyans @professorgallifrey


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