We have all had it. We have all been writing something and then felt the annoying silence where your mind stops streaming out information and all you can do is sit there in front of a blank page or screen and think about how much your situation sucks. Scientists don't consider this to be important enough to make medication for, rather here are some things you can do to alleviate the boredom and get back on the verbal horse.
Some Ways to Get Your Mind Off the Block
Do you have writer's block? Well then don't think it rude of me to offer you some friendly advice of what to do with yourself now. Here are some ways that I have personally gotten rid of my writer's block and I think it will help you too!
1) Get youself something scrumptious to eat. It may sound like a waste of time and you may not even be hungry, but be cramming that tasty food into your "pie hole" you may be inspired by its heavenly taste into writing something useful and interesting.
2) Get up and walk around. Life doesn't revolve around what you are writing about and you won't get punished by taking in some sites. By going outside and just watching the happy little squirels and bunnies be merry you might find a source of inspiration to get right back in and write, that's probably how "Alvin and the Chipmunks" got started.
3) Bang your head against your desk - you know, just to get the juices flowing.
4) If you are not on a deadline with your work you can just stop. I don't just mean take a break but rather stop for the day and give yourself a fresh start the next time you sit down to work. You'll find that if you start anew on a new day you will have the vigor and ideas to continue your work.
5) Write a zestbit about what to do when you have writer's block... oh wait, too late...
6) Read a piece of work similar to what you're writing. It might take your work to a whole new level and let you continue on with your writing. You may even end up stealing some concepts from the previous work but you can just call that inspiration and creative influence ;D.
7) Go nuts. Let out your frustration from the writer's block in a destructive way. Tear up some papers, go beat the living daylight out of a pillow, take a sledgehammer to your desk if you can afford another one, or throw things at the wall while yelling at the top of your lungs in the name of conquering your writer's block!
8) Ask someone for help. People are normally pretty nice about helping you and they might have fun creative ideas of their own to aid you in your writing. If they are hard to crack just tempt them with some shady inspirational credits and you should get your much needed writing advice in no time at all.
You've Done it!
If all went well you just smashed your writer's block like you were Mario on your way to save Princess Peach from the clutches of Bowser. All video game refferences aside, I hope my bit really helped you. If you have any ideas of your own please feel free to comment about them. Just remember... to uh... um.... well, I'd like to continue but it looks like I am suffering from writer's block myself....