I'm stuck.

So, writing on my next story was going pretty well and then I hit a roadblock. I couldn't write any interactions between the two of them believably. Just them. I hate it when this kind of thing happens. I had almost finished the chapter!

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[Inkscape]

Whenever I have writer's block, I read, or I go to sleep (as I tend to do a lot of writing at night). I find letting the ideas steep in my mind juices overnight can help.... Sorry, mind juices sounds kind of gross.

[hailspider]

2427461 Well, where I am, it's only early evening, so I won't be going to sleep anytime soon. Thanks for the advice anyway. I've never really had writer's block before.

[Ron Jeremy Pony]

Writer's block, oh there has been several great authors that have suffered from it.

I could give you a short list of famous authors and how they got past their writer's block.

Hemingway: When writing and finding himself stuck Hemingway would often attempt to remove his inhibitions by drinking a fifth of whiskey, followed by another fifth, and then a bourbon chaser.

Edgar Allen Poe was reported to isolate himself for hours on end, and it was rumored that he took enough opiates to induce hallucinations during these periods. How true this is is still up to debate.

Joe R. Lansdale: Author of the Drive-In series, was said to eat popcorn made with lard before going to bed. (Recently he has had to give this up do to Doctor's orders) and it helped fuel his writing because of the dreams he had.

Ms H. Hurst (While not on the same level of fame as the other authors still an exceptional one, and a damn good friend). said that when she has problems with writers block she talks to the characters.

Myself (Okay, I'm not a famous author. Selling about two thousand copies of an eh it was okay novel doesn't make one famous. It does however make one want to keep writing.) I usually go with the same advice as my friend. I talk to my character, or rather I get into their heads. I try to walk in their shoes for a bit, and then I go back to what I was writing. I find that doing that helps.

I'm not sure if anything I've suggested can really help (Although I wouldn't advise the Hemingway or Poe cures for Writer's Block), but if it does then I'm glad to be of service.

[hailspider]

2431096 You wrote a novel?

[Ron Jeremy Pony]

2432468

I did. It's called Risen: The 'Greg the Zombie' Journals. I was really excited about it when it came out, but since then there's been so many things I know I would have done different with it.