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Posted: Jan 30 2007 at 7:04pm | IP Logged Quote SaraP
Several months ago dear friend, carrying several very heavy crosses, asked me to do a project for her.

An important project.

A project I really, really want to do well.

The first time I sat down to work on it, everything flowed beautifully. Every time since then it has been like banging my head against a brick wall. Nothing comes. And I am starting to feel terrible that I haven't completed this yet.

Help? Prayers and suggestions are both very welcome.

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Posted: Jan 30 2007 at 7:05pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
If you're working "in sequence" could you perhaps skip ahead to something else? sometimes working on that will give you the ideas of what you want in the skipped space.

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Posted: Jan 30 2007 at 7:29pm | IP Logged Quote kingvozzo
No suggestions, but prayers are headed your way, Sara!

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Posted: Jan 30 2007 at 10:15pm | IP Logged Quote Theresa
Praying for Holy Spirit led creativity to flow.

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Posted: Jan 30 2007 at 11:03pm | IP Logged Quote alicegunther
Sara, several months ago, I had serious writer's block. So much so I thought I would never really write again.

Then I mentioned it to a very holy friend and asked her to pray for the writer's block to be lifted if it was God's will.

She prayed, and within a day I was writing up a storm and haven't had a slump since.

In other words, we will all pray for you! It will help, no doubt.

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Posted: Jan 31 2007 at 7:25am | IP Logged Quote marihalojen
(I'm sure you tried these...)

Free write
Write on completely different subject to warm up
Try poetry (you can always change it up for final)
Do something really odd like a shape poem just to get started
Try recording (dictate) rather than writing
Change your audience
Change your location (sprawl on floor or bed rather than at desk)
Change materials (pen and journal vs. computer)

In one of my college writing courses, we were given a large sheet of paper that had a brick wall sketched out on it. We were to fill in each brick and then we posted everyone's work together on the classroom wall and thought up some cute name for overcoming writer's block. When you said you felt like you were banging your head on a brick wall it triggered my memory! These were just a few of the strategies I can remember this morning. Hope they help, Sara!
Praying...

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